jaipur there has been a sudden increase in the demand for pets in the city since the lockdown relaxations have been declared people working from home are finding pets a good therapy to bring positivity into their liveshemant singh owner of mister dog pet shop said that he has been getting customers ever since the market opened sitting at home with no school for children parents are purchasing pets for their wards to give them a sense of responsibility and some positivity in the monotonous life dogs are especially in demand as they play with children toy breeds are preferred for small families living in flats said hemanttalking to toi manas joshi a resident who purchased a maltese and a german shepherd said that getting a dog was a break from the routine my child is six years old and he wanted a dog with schools closed we found it better to purchase a dog for the child with whom he can enjoy plyaig instead of being busy with online games said joshiaccording to different pet shop owners in the city there has been an increase of 50 business since july the prices of pets have however gone up because there has been a shortage of supplyankit singh owner of indian dog world shop said that during lockdown no one bred pets as they expected it would be difficult to sell thembreeders expected that the demands of pet will go down but surprisingly it went up now there are not enough puppies to sell but the demand is high this has also increased the rates of dogs and other pets a labrador puppy which used to sell for rs 10000 now costs up to rs 18000 similar situation is with other breeds where amount has doubled said ankitafter dogs cats have also become peoples favourite easier to maintain with good hygiene people are inclined towards purchasing persian catsas the demand for pets has increased so has the demand for their accessoriesvirendra bhardhwaj owner of dog world pet bazaar said that with the new craze for pets new products for pets are also in demand different types of beds snacks toys and houses have arrived in the market due to high demand many new shops have come up in jaipur that are selling pet products all other businesses are going down but pet business is at its peak right now i can sell 100 puppies in one day said virendra