Gone are the days when having a pet pooch meant giving it a Sunday bath, a thrice-a-week meat diet and taking it out for occasional walks. Not so any more. Rearing a pup or a kitten today means serious business. Step into Glenands, the most famous shop for pet accessories, and you’ll know why. Rows upon rows of pet products vie for attention, each claiming its indispensability. Says Prithvi Jayakaran, the owner of the shop, “This is the one-stop shop for all pet requirements and is the first exclusive pet shop in India.” With two outlets already doing brisk business in the city, Mr Jayakaran sure does know what he is into.

Bathing soaps for pets have come a long way since the days of the good old Lifebuoy. The cosmetic industry now serves its four-legged customers with due diligence, which is visible in the array of bath products that line the shelves at Glenands. Anti-dandruff shampoos, shampoos for white coats, iodine-based shampoos for fungal and skin infections, dry cleaning powders for a waterless wash—you name it and they have it all.

A royal wash of such kind should undoubtedly be followed by a head-turning grooming session. Allowing you ample scope to preen your pet are colourful sweaters and coats, fancy comic-book-character costumes, leash embedded with semi-precious stones and few such products.

Doggie not potty-trained enough? Helping you handle pooch poops with satin ease are puppy diapers, cat-litter boxes and special sprays that lead the animals to relieve themselves exactly where you want them to. Who said it was all a messy affair?

Then there is the food section at Glenands, that will have a supermarket shelf cowering in self-pity. Glenands has its own pet-food production unit that churns out biscuits, munchies and other treats, fortified with protein, calcium and essential minerals. Imported foods and milk powders are also available. Soft toys and other playthings are sure to delight your animal as well.

And when you thought you had had an entire lifetime’s gyan on pet paraphernalia, here comes the clincher! This is the only shop in the city where you can get the name of your pet embossed on a metal tag of your choice. For the high-heeled techie there is also the option of inserting a micro-chip into their animals so that they can be located by means of a GPS system when they fail to return home.

Discover Glenands, and you’ll have a friend for life in your pet.