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Simple ways to make your home pet friendly

pet friendlyPets are most lovable companions and many of us love to have them at home. Making space in your home for a pet comprises small changes and some negotiations on home décor to make sure that your home is pet-friendly and safe.

The following tips will teach you how to make your home pet-friendly and safe so that you both can live happily there.

There are therapeutic benefits of owning a pet. Nevertheless, owning a pet is also a commitment and a concern. Accordingly, homeowners should make sure that the house is safe and comfy for their pets. Things generally change when the pet is fully grown and you learn to adjust to its activities and needs.

Dos and Don’ts

Usually, wooden flooring is slippery. To avoid such kind of flooring as pets love to run around and wooden flooring may cause a serious wound. Vitrified tiles are a better option as compared to glossier flooring which scratches easily.

All staircases must be barred, to prevent small pets from falling down or trying to climb up, unattended.

All windows and balconies with wide grills must be interlocked so that puppies cannot go through them.

You need to avoid strong antiseptic floor cleaning agents for wiping the floor as pets tend to lick the floor and can consume it. Keeping a dog or a cat clean can be more hygienic for your home in the long term.

Regularly bathing and brushing the pet removes loose hair before it ends up falling on the floor or furniture.

For ease, allow a corner or a specific area to your pets. You can keep a small mattress in a basket in this place, where they can sit and sleep. Their playthings can be kept in that place, making it their very own personal space.

Pets like fishes and birds require less maintenance than dogs and are less messy. You can place a fish tank on a table that is specially made for holding it. A tank needs heaters, lights, and filters all of which require electricity, which means your tank has to be close to switchboard for connection.

Toilet training is another important characteristic when your pet is young. Choose a spot where you want your pet to relieve himself.

A hanging wire attracts a puppy to tug at it. So, make sure that all wires and cords are firmly taped up or it is out of your puppy’s reach, including long chords of curtains and blinds.

Store household chemicals in a locked cabinet and it is advisable to keep harmful items out of your pet’s reach.

Common household plants are venomous to dogs. Hence, keep plants like castor bean, lantana, jasmine, poinsettia, philodendron, etc., out of their reach.

Having a pet in an apartment can be a difficult task but not impossible. Most of the apartments in metro cities lack space and open areas. You cannot afford to stay in a congested apartment when you have a pet at home. Your pet needs more space to play around to make it comfortable.

It is difficult to find spacious apartments mainly in cities like Bangalore. But many builders are coming up with pet-friendly homes to attract home buyers

One such project is Arge Helios which is ideally located in the most developing areas in North Bangalore, the Hennur Road. This project is completely pet-friendly with 30% more spacious apartments.

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Pet-Friendly Homes in India is the new market gimmick

A few years ago it was problematic to find an apartment complex in a main Indian city that would rent to pet owners. Pets were not welcome with authorities mentioning a variety of reasons some valid and some flimsy. Though no law prohibitions people from having pets, and Resident welfare associations have no power to throw out denizens with animal companions.

Today, it is stress-free to find an apartment complex with pet-friendly features and facilities. Acceptance of pets has become more common in both old colonies as well as forthcoming building complexes. Building complexes in localities like Koramangala in Bengaluru, now welcome pets as long as owners warrant hygiene and no trouble to other residents.

The newest rules passed by the Animal Welfare Board of India are in favour of keeping of pets in an apartment or a society. Some of the major points covered by these guidelines are:

• No RWA has the right to prohibition a denizen from keeping pets.
• This ban cannot be compulsory even if a majority of people are in favour of this ban.
• A ban on a pet cannot be based on null and void reasons like a dog barking.
• A ban cannot be hosted regarding the size of pets in a society.
• No society by-law or regulation can authenticate a pet-related ban.

Pet-friendly housing features

But with the changing demographics and rising demand for pet-friendly housing, developers and architects are integrating pet facilities in the design of individual homes. Apartment developments coming up in Bengaluru now feature rooms with pet-sized furniture, custom-built cabinets for food bowls and nooks with heated window seats. There are some complexes that even come with a dog pool separate from the people pool.

Developers are also making special rooms for pets like veterinary clinics, day boarding, dog-walking services, grooming stations, miniature dog parks, and rooftop dog walks with special cleaning systems. Some builders are adding insulation between walls and floors to soften pet noises, mainly barking.

Smart devices to watch over pets

The improvisation of smart technology and home automation has added another dimension to pet-friendly features in apartment buildings. Latest mobile applications allow you to set up cameras in your apartment so you can use your smartphone to check up on your pets while you are away at work.

With the help of these smart gadgets, you can also lessen some of your own fears about what your pet does when you are away.
Technology is also simplifying communication with your pets even if you are not at home. Dual mode pet monitors not only keep a watch over your pet’s activities but also let you communicate with them. All you have to do is turn on the mic on your phone, and your pet can hear you at home and react to you in real time.

Conclusion

After many years of prohibiting companion animals, apartment complexes in many major Indian cities are now accepting and welcoming them. Some developers have even started using pet-friendly features as a marketing gimmick to promote their properties.

Like any additional facility or amenity, pet accommodations experience extra investments and maintenance costs. However, pets are like family and most owners will do anything for them, when it comes to keeping them happy and healthy, irrespective of cost.

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