Rasika

 Hello readers, Let me quickly give you a little background story so that you know where I come from and why I am writing this topic extremely important to me. I have always wanted a pet from a very young age. Not just a dog but any pet for that matter and I was never allowed to have one. The reason being ( which now strikes to me like a very obvious reason and a fair one). Had we gotten a pet back then my mother would've been involuntarily stuck to taking care of it because my brother and I were in school and if not that then busy with our homework which would've left us with no time to take care of the animal and I am a person with a weak gag reflex and I would've ended up puking most of the time if the pet even pooped in front of me.  (I'll be honest Not much has changed in that department) Although a lot has changed over the course of time. I had friends who had dogs at the time so that let me have some time with them, understanding that having a pet is a huge respo...

                    Today I am going to tell you a story about how we got lucky. All my life ( I wish this was an exaggerated statement but sadly it's not) I asked my parents for a pet dog.  My mother had a valid reason to not want one because she knew we wont clean after the dog and she'll be the one who would then have an additional chore. So they never got me one. ( i would like to add that they now have 3 cats) It started a long while back when kaustubh got a dog. It was his first dog (zoro) and by all the stories i've heard from him and his parents, i learnt that zoro was the most intelligent dog they've ever seen. After zoro 3 more dogs were also adopted. Kaustubh has a soft spot for dogs which works very well for me.  I love all the three dogs they already had but they never felt like my own you know? but that changed 7 months after we got married. We went on a family trip to Switzerland last year and...