pune eighteenyearold viashnavi jadhav is certain about one thing when she gets married her kids are coming with her tintin is a year old and i will soon adopt another next month whoever i marry he has to give a home to my kids too that is nonnegotiable says this firstyear b com student from d y patil college tintin is her adorable fourpawed son a golden lab and she plans to add to her brood soon with a german shepherd welcome to new age parenting where its not just about the human kids your fourpawed kids demand and get as much of your time and affection some relations are not about blood it is about how emotionally you are attached to them jeremy has been with us for last one and half years and our attachment with him is not less than being a family member says 27yearold shreyas ravetkar this business development manager sums it up when he says it feels special to be a pet dad and i am proud to be one of them when he is happy i am happy when something bothers him it bothers me isnt that how parents feel about their kids ask anyone and you would know that the child is the centre of the universe for the family one smile and the family is in seventh heaven one small sneeze and there are countless calls to doctors and experienced elders well that is the case with pets nowadays sudha and kamlesh rege were left all alone when their only daughter went abroad for studies we suddenly found ourselves with a lot of time on our hands and practically nothing to do says kamlesh earlier his wife would be continuously tidying up behind their daughter and making sure her daughter was following a good diet and paying attention to studies now i was completely jobless says sudha it was then that their relatives suggested that they get a pet after giving it a good thought the couple opted for a beagle and boy have things changed shinchan is a handful he keeps us busy 24x7 from attending to his food needs to taking him out on walks to playing with him we hardly ever get time to think about anything else he has filled the vacuum in our lives just like a child would says the duo the reges might have opted for a pet at a very late age but there are countless couples who are voluntarily going in for pets rather than having kids nimisha and somen negi have been married for six years well into their 30s this couple has consciously decided not to have children rather they are happy with their two babies otto and cookie a pair of golden retrievers says nimisha a charted accountant by profession when we decided to have pets rather than babies our families were shocked from the initial are you mad to dont worry youll come