a number of shelters have come up in the city that are taking care of pets while their owners are away on vacations this summer season pet owners mostly have an added responsibility of ensuring a safe and comfortable shelter for their fourlegged babies when they are travelling while most metros have shelters that take care of pets indores animal lovers can also now heave a sigh of relief as quite a few pet hostels have come up in the city in these onetwo years pet hostels say they are overbooked these days as its vacation time for everyone the rush is such that hostels have to extend their petlimit to accommodate all the bookings but that doesnt mean the pooches are getting a raw deal with aircooled rooms 24x7 cctv camera surveillance and medical aid these pets are a pampered lot even when not with their ownershostels booked a month in advance owners of pet hostels say that the ongoing summervacation period is the busiest time for them as most of them were booked a month in advance by pet owners dr ashish jain owner of care and cure dog clinic and hostel says we witness a lot of rush at our dog hostel between may and midjuly the time when people are out on family vacations the rush is two to three times more than the rest of the year this is closely followed by the diwali season when people are usually travelling and have to leave their pets behind dr rajesh maheshwari owner of pet aid adds our hostel can accommodate eight to ten dogs but these days we are getting a lot of bookings from people who have to go out of town and cant take their pets along we have had to vacate another floor to take in all of them currently we have twelve adult dogs and they are here for between seven days to a months time but not every hostel can increase their accommodation capacity at the eleventh hour priyesh bakodia owner of pet care tells us i have an entire floor of my house for the pet hostel which can accommodate sixseven dogs and currently its chocabloc some pet owners are ready to pay us double if we keep their dogs with us but due to lack of space we had to turn them down the ones that i have now had their rooms booked a month ago i cant compromise with their comfort to fit in more dogspet owners postponing their plans according to the availability in pet hostels pet owners say they dont want to take any chances with the comfort of their beloved animals and had booked the shelters a month in advance aastha mundra a homemaker who owns a threeyearold german shepherd zimbo postponed her family vacation for her pooch and even before the tickets were booked she made sure that theres a room available for zimbo at a hostel we adjusted the dates of our vacation