todays pet column features saniya iyappan the lead actress of the malayalam film queen and her fur babies maxi and oscarteen sensation saniya iyappan always liked dogs but she was equally scared of them until one day when her cousin got a pug puppy i was running around the whole house screaming the puppy after me but then it quietly sniffed at my feet and licked me i realised then that he is a pavam and wont hurt me saniya says ever since she started begging her parents for a dog but they didnt oblige i will be away half the time and she will have to look after it my mother would say she sayssaniya who was already a star being one of the winners of the dance reality show d4dance often posted on her social media pages about her love of dogs a day after my birthday i found a box outside my house with a cute lab puppy inside a note said from a djinn im a big fan of yours i kept asking on social media for the fan to reveal themselves but to this date he or she hasnt is it someone i know i still dont knowit was priya mani one of the judges of d4dance who named her maxi maxi is closest to my mom when she was a puppy mom used to put her on her lap and pet her now shes huge but still gets up on my moms lap she saysmaxi has only one grouse which is that she is kept outside the house mostly and that is because they got another family member soon oscar around a year after we got maxi i fell seriously ill and had to be hospitalised when i came home to recuperate my dad had a gift for me a lhasa apso puppy i named him oscaroscar is the naughtiest puppy ever and does everything he is told not to do says saniya the dining table is a vantage point for him to watch us from inside and he will knock down everything there also its like he knows he is cute when we take him out in the car people around invariably smile and wave at him suddenly his expression will change and he will throw an attitude its funny to watch him she says but the dogs are also very very loving and oscar will start howling if they leave him alone at home she says whenever i feel low or am crying he will come to me and cuddle as if to comfort i feel dogs understand us immensely maxi too didnt eat anything the one week i was hospitalised mom told me saniya has now set her eyes on a beagle attempts are on at home but mom has said a firm no when you get a home on your own take in all the dogs in the world she says cant blame her as she is the one who