A new year brings new dreams and new hopes for
one and all. People who have pets also dream of getting solutions to many of
their parenting problems. So this year the pet parents will be more than ever
comforted when they learn about the enthusiastic duo team, who will help them
through all their pet related chores from now on.
These two are from Mumbai, but
would love to be of help to pet parents all over the pet world. They are two
dedicated souls come together for this purpose as they both are equally passionate
about this choice of career. Their names are Amit and Aisha. Amit is actually a
professional photographer. He has learnt at the National institute of
photography, Mumbai. He says, 'Though photography is my basic career and I
still have to progress a lot in that sphere, my true calling in life I realized
is to train animals and do a deep study of their behaviour patterns and I am
pursuing further studies in exactly those steps. I feel strongly that
aggressive animals can be taught to overcome their hostile attitudes, only with
certain techniques which are coupled with deep love in the heart of the
trainer."
He has always lived with animals.
Hailing from the rustic outskirts of Mumbai he has rescued injured birds and
puppies and then he also has his own Mahim apartment from where he continued
his work by helping NGOs which work for the welfare of animals.
He once rescued a Kite from a lamppost
whose wings were hurt and entangled in a wire up there. He climbed up and
brought the kite down safely. Amit has done professional pet photography and
trained a large number of different types of pets, but one startling fact is
the way animals are drawn towards him and listen to him like a Guru.
He is a certified and practicing
trainer and will soon be a behaviorist learning under Shirin Merchant (Who is
considered to be holding the best behaviorist training in India).
Amit has had six dogs of his own of which two
are no more. But all of them except one are rescues. Three Indies, one husky
female, one Pressa Caneiro and one Indie mix. While bringing up such varied
breeds, he realized that a pet parent would love to get help in many ways so he
hit upon this idea of training other dogs and this is how his journey started.
Walking the dogs is an everyday affair and while on such walks there are cordialities
exchanged by pet parents, along with talks about the difference in breed and
upbringing is normal. Through such meets and pet parent groups he met Aishwarya
and soon they realised they were walking the same path. Aishwarya, a NIFT
graduate in accessories design has already worked in a pet company as well as
other product companies. She has two lovely pets at home both adopted a Golden
Retriever and a Labrador retriever. She says, " My love for dogs and other
animals was gradual as it was inculcated in me by my parents who love animals
too and my first memory was that I decided to stop bursting crackers as it's
harmful for the environment and scares animals all due to the sensitization at home.
I feel parents as well as schools should instill love for animals in the minds
of school going children right from the beginning by giving guidance in the
right direction. So that's also on my to do list ie 'Workshops to educate
students against animal cruelty and towards compassion'. I also
understood a lot about animals when we adopted our first pet
dog who is a Golden Retriever. I felt that animals deserve a lot more
importance in our human dominated world. I have seen mom's fussing over their kids
and indulging them. Lucky for them all facilities and accessories are available
for human kids but pets don't have it all good and rosy. It's sad that in spite
of so many people opening pet shops and other facilities there is still a
lacuna here. Pet parents need to be advised and helped all along. Many parents
abandon their pets due to ignorance." Aishwarya too diverted her plans
from being just another product designer to work towards focusing on designing
products for animals. Moreover she being a sensitive girl feels touched when
she sees pets being tied or hit by pet parents. She says they need counseling
and she is also offering this service
Aishwarya is also proud of having helped like-minded
friends in rescue work and once searched for and found a lost Shelter dog.
All said and done it's now a combined purpose
to be accomplished as well as a profession for this couple to offer services in
pet photography, basic and advanced behaviour training, pet products,
counseling and a lot more.
It is not just to earn from the
society that this overzealous couple has conceptualised this idea, it is also
to give back to a largely less favoured section of our world.
by Supriya Bhonsle
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