its a dogs life if you do have a dog most pet owners in the city would agree with that statement while you do find numerous upmarket veterinary clinics and innumerable pet accessories in the market the reality is that people with pets find it difficult to cope with daytoday life in a city thatts definitely not petfriendlyfinding suitable accommodation is a challenge for anyone and if you do have a cat or dog your chances of getting a good place to stay are way more narrow when we were searching for a new place all the brokers said that house owners did not want to let out their apartments to people with dogs says saswati ghosh who has a fouryearold labrador mikhaileven if you do find an understanding houseowner neighbours often protest in any apartment complex every pet owner faces difficulties from a section of people who are narrow minded says v suchitra who has several cats for pets what ultimately matters is whether this section is in a majoritypreviously i stayed in a posh apartment in mrc nagar one of my cats loved children and would come out whenever the kids came out to play the mothers of the children would come and scream at me they even encouraged their two to fiveyearold children to throw stones at it and kick it she adds the nopet rule in many buildings is also the reason why many people abandon their pets we get so many calls from people who want to leave their pets in a shelter says devika khazvini of cattitude trust which helps feed sterilise and care for stray cats many new complexes coming up dont allow petseven if you overcome that hurdle the beach or your neighbourhood is the only place where you can take your pets as most public parks dont allow animals years ago when we took one of our dogs for a walk he was hit by a motorcycle and died says vijayalakshmi srikanth who has three dogs so now we just let them play in the house the blaring horns and vehicles on the road scare them anyway also we have an independent house so they have space to playwhile autos may allow you to travel with your dog its a strict no as far as call taxis are concerned having a pet also automatically means that family outings are cut down for no restaurants or hotels in the city allow people with animals hotel raj residency is one of the rare hotels that do let out rooms to people travelling with pets we do let out one or two rooms but we take more bookings only twice a year when people come for the dog shows in the city says manager rj prakash while they charge rs 500 extra per dog no special amenities are availableas far as resorts go the dune an ecobeach hotel close to pondicherry is the only petfriendly one here you can take your dog along