ludhiana city resident amarjeet singh batths dog named soda bagged the desi rockstar award in a dog fashion show called bark and swagger 3 held at hero homes here on sunday afternoon the sixyearold mutt breed was adopted by batth who was elated at the award given to his pethe expressed once you adopt stray dogs you start taking care of them as your pets owner of 11 stray dogs bhatt says all my strays have been vaccinated and females dogs have also been sterilized male dogs are generally adopted not females i feel there should be a change in attitude towards stray dogs especially females they can be your assets if managed well they give us foolproof security more so people should not entirely depend on the government to tackle the stray dog menace rather the solution should be initiated by people with housing colonies and welfare societies stepping forward to help in the sterilization of dogsanother participant sunny sekhon from south city whose golden retriever blue bagged the best prize in the breed show has provided every facility in his house to all his 20 golden retrievers from a kennel to a swimming pool his pets have no shortage of anything he said blue is worth around rs20 lakh as he is a canadian and indian champion he goes to all the pet shows across india other pets including criminal and trouble are also very pamperedyashul another participant said such events are a good platform for dog lovers and we can see how other people take care of animals share ideas and views with each other a lot of breeds have also come together under one roof shanky a spectator said shows for pampered pets is good but stray animals should not be ignored people should provide moral and financial support to those who bring up stray dogsanimal rescue mission and welfare society an ngo for stray dogs holds regular free antirabies camps and workshops by expert trainers and groomers preeti president of the society said only rs2300 were collected from a fundraising event ludhianvis talks high about social welfare for stray dogs but hardly loosen their pockets for a social cause dr jaspreet mauj a city veterinarian and organizer said people need to step forward for social causes like stray dogs dr mauj will give free antirabies vaccination for stray dogs this whole month and at discounted rates to pet dogs the vaccine is merial rabisin the number one vaccination in the world for dogs which will be effective for three years in just one shot