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About 20 kms away from the city of Shimla, in Baldeyan, Paras meets the Singhs. Besides the humans, the family has a mother Cocker Spaniel -- Sasha, a father Dachshund -- Rusty, and their 2 year old son, a 'Cockerdash', named Teeny! Yes, you heard right. To enjoy this unusual mix, tune in to Heavy Petting on Saturday at 10 pm and Sunday at 12 pm. Also keep an eye out for Pet Diaries where Paras meets up with a species from the reptile world. And don't miss out on your pet's debut on Bloggers Bark! | |
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We've made you meet pets at home, taken you into the wild, travelled all across India, gone international, featured some rare breeds - all this and more has happened on Heavy Petting with every new season. So this season too we get out our best act, with not one but two surprises on the show. Not only do we bring you a new season but we have for you a new pet keeper! An anchor whose heart is firmly in the right place – the dog house! We kick start a fresh series ‘HEAVY PETTING – IT'S A DOG'S LIFE’ with our new Anchor, Paras Tomar, who gets up close and personal with pooches and their families.
Lazing in the sun, eating healthy, being pampered every day, and days full of fun and games...a dog's life can be enviable. This is exactly the life Paras explores through the new season where he visits homes that have dogs as pets, spends some one on one time with them to know them better, hear their stories, catch their quirks and also chat up their parents. Paras himself is a proud pet parent and so this season he also gives us some data on doggies!
Gear up for what promises to be a season full of fun and frolic, laughter and warmth. With Paras Tomar on Heavy Petting, only on NDTV Good Times. |  | |
We've made you meet pets at home, taken you into the wild, travelled all across India, gone international, featured some rare breeds - all this and more has happened on Heavy Petting with every new season. So this season too we get out our best act, with not one but two surprises on the show. Not only do we bring you a new season but we have for you a new pet keeper! An anchor whose heart is firmly in the right place – the dog house! We kick start a fresh series ‘HEAVY PETTING – IT'S A DOG'S LIFE’ with our new Anchor, Paras Tomar, who gets up close and personal with pooches and their families.
Lazing in the sun, eating healthy, being pampered every day, and days full of fun and games...a dog's life can be enviable. This is exactly the life Paras explores through the new season where he visits homes that have dogs as pets, spends some one on one time with them to know them better, hear their stories, catch their quirks and also chat up their parents. Paras himself is a proud pet parent and so this season he also gives us some data on doggies!
Gear up for what promises to be a season full of fun and frolic, laughter and warmth. With Paras Tomar on Heavy Petting, only on NDTV Good Times. |  | |
We've made you meet pets at home, taken you into the wild, travelled all across India, gone international, featured some rare breeds - all this and more has happened on Heavy Petting with every new season. So this season too we get out our best act, with not one but two surprises on the show. Not only do we bring you a new season but we have for you a new pet keeper! An anchor whose heart is firmly in the right place – the dog house! We kick start a fresh series ‘HEAVY PETTING – IT'S A DOG'S LIFE’ with our new Anchor, Paras Tomar, who gets up close and personal with pooches and their families.
Lazing in the sun, eating healthy, being pampered every day, and days full of fun and games...a dog's life can be enviable. This is exactly the life Paras explores through the new season where he visits homes that have dogs as pets, spends some one on one time with them to know them better, hear their stories, catch their quirks and also chat up their parents. Paras himself is a proud pet parent and so this season he also gives us some data on doggies!
Gear up for what promises to be a season full of fun and frolic, laughter and warmth. With Paras Tomar on Heavy Petting, only on NDTV Good Times. |  | |
We've made you meet pets at home, taken you into the wild, travelled all across India, gone international, featured some rare breeds - all this and more has happened on Heavy Petting with every new season. So this season too we get out our best act, with not one but two surprises on the show. Not only do we bring you a new season but we have for you a new pet keeper! An anchor whose heart is firmly in the right place – the dog house! We kick start a fresh series ‘HEAVY PETTING – IT'S A DOG'S LIFE’ with our new Anchor, Paras Tomar, who gets up close and personal with pooches and their families.
Lazing in the sun, eating healthy, being pampered every day, and days full of fun and games...a dog's life can be enviable. This is exactly the life Paras explores through the new season where he visits homes that have dogs as pets, spends some one on one time with them to know them better, hear their stories, catch their quirks and also chat up their parents. Paras himself is a proud pet parent and so this season he also gives us some data on doggies!
Gear up for what promises to be a season full of fun and frolic, laughter and warmth. With Paras Tomar on Heavy Petting, only on NDTV Good Times. |  | |
We've made you meet pets at home, taken you into the wild, travelled all across India, gone international, featured some rare breeds - all this and more has happened on Heavy Petting with every new season. So this season too we get out our best act, with not one but two surprises on the show. Not only do we bring you a new season but we have for you a new pet keeper! An anchor whose heart is firmly in the right place – the dog house! We kick start a fresh series ‘HEAVY PETTING – IT'S A DOG'S LIFE’ with our new Anchor, Paras Tomar, who gets up close and personal with pooches and their families.
Lazing in the sun, eating healthy, being pampered every day, and days full of fun and games...a dog's life can be enviable. This is exactly the life Paras explores through the new season where he visits homes that have dogs as pets, spends some one on one time with them to know them better, hear their stories, catch their quirks and also chat up their parents. Paras himself is a proud pet parent and so this season he also gives us some data on doggies!
Gear up for what promises to be a season full of fun and frolic, laughter and warmth. With Paras Tomar on Heavy Petting, only on NDTV Good Times. | | | |
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Anchor, actor, amateur guitar player, fitness enthusiast, karaoke expert, Nintendo Wii lover, chocolate addict, sous chef, travel junkie, video blogger, writer, narcissist, vain, smooth talker, animal lover, mildly shameless, superbly immodest.
Paras Tomar is a television anchor, radio jockey and a former journalist. While travel and youth shows have been his forte as an anchor, a large part of his work has been Bollywood driven. From putting celebrities in a spot, to partying with them he's anchored several shows on almost all of India’s top television channels. As a radio show host, he is the voice of the morning show for a Vancouver based radio station and is also part of the team that set up a unique South East Asian station in Bahrain. He has also hosted radio shows on FM in India. | |
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Heavy Petting with adorable dogs in Baldeyan
Paras travels to Baldeyan to meet up Singhs and their extended family of pets - a mother Cocker Spaniel named Sasha, a father Dachshund named Rusty, and their 2 year old son, a Cockerdash named Teeny.
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Paras Tomar
Let’s shoot in Shimlaaaaaa! aaaaachoooo! So it begins! I’m gravely unwell.
If you ask me, "Paras what did you see in Shimla" my response would be, "Uhh the inside of toilets in restaurants, hotels, houses...but yes, mostly toilets." Knowing fully well that my stomach is a whirlwind of surprises waiting to unleash, we leave out hotel early to drive nearly two hours to the Home of the Singhs in Baldeyan. |
Sultan and Daisy - Proud canines of the Chadda family
Paras Tomar
It's my first time shooting with the team of Heavy Petting in Shimla (Paras screams yay!). It's good to be back in my hometown, on familiar ground, away from the Mumbai heat in a season that’s been particularly hot! Oddly enough even for the local Himachalis this is oddly cold (I credit that demon called global warming). |
Animals can bring out the very best of human emotions
Paras Tomar
One would imagine that a Cuffe Parade house, with its sky rocketing real estate rates in Mumbai would be a highly improbable place for three dogs, but that hasn’t stopped Rushail and his family from extending their home to Michele, Bacardi and Diesel. |
Fun moment - Behind the scene
Paras Tomar
Now this is the part that you won't get to see on the episode, we try m keep it family viewing, but the funniest was when the team and I were shooting an anchor link and right under my nose the Alsatian decided to, let’s use say, mount rani. |
No smokey without fire
Paras Tomar
Almond oil, Green Tea, home made chocolates, cinnamon and oh yes Dogs! While traditionally Coonoor may have been famous for all these things, modern day Coonoor brochures need to put just one man's face on them. David. |
3 beautiful Dalmatians - Sugar, Spice and Cocoa
Paras Tomar
Spice and Sugar must have been in love at some point. Spice has a robust built and sugar has the quiet grace that any lady would. No wonder there were fireworks when the two met. A few tail wags and some doggy drools later, Cocoa was born! I may be paraphrasing, ofcourse! |
Varun and his big family of 11 dogs
Paras Tomar
Varun has a beautiful home. It’s the size of a small Island nation and he is the undisputed emperor. His subjects, read 11 loyal dogs, come in a variety of sizes and shapes yet have one thing in common. Their love for the grand master. |
Three dogs who add the “woof” factor
Paras Tomar
"The Coelho household is the very first episode for which I join the team of Heavy Petting. Over the years the team has traveled the length and the breath of the animal kingdom to get up close and personal with all sorts of creatures. |
Adopting a pet
Rajat Handa
"Whoever said you can't buy happiness, forgot about little pups." Kindness and humanity are synonymous to all animal lovers who have limitless place in their hearts for their pet companions. | | | |
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Abhay Deol with his adorable pet
Bollywood actor Abhay Deol loves his pets and Heavy Petting and here he is with not one, not two, but three pet dogs Pepper, Snowy and Browny. Pepper is the most active of the lot and even talks to Abhay. The young actor confesses that he has always fallen in love with girlfriends who have liked dogs. Find out more... |
Meet Suchitra, the dog-lover
Singer and actress Suchitra Krishnamoorthy introduces her daughter Kaveri and her two pet dogs Cupcake and Muffin. While Cupcake is the beauty queen and Muffin is a self-proclaimed 'man of the house'. Suchitra shares an interesting story with us on Heavy Petting... |
Meet Flash!
Dabboo Ratnani
The star and celebrity! I'm talking about Flash. He's as famous or maybe more famous than I am! Flash has had a photo-shoot with the biggest stars – from Mr Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan...you name it he has had a picture with them! |
Roofus - A man among dogs!
Cyrus Brocha
So you want to meet my dog, my family? The First Rule – My wife is not friendly! Don't worry about the dog, beware of the wife! Let me introduce you to Roofus, a man among dogs! It's the worst thing I could say about him. | | | |
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Winner of Pet poll is Fangio
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Winner of Pet poll is Willy
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Winner of Pet poll is Cindy
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Winner of Pet poll is Penny
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Winner of Pet poll is Elsa
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Winner of Pet poll is Tofu
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Winner of the Tales & Tails contest is Pranab Sharma from Pune.
He tells us about his Labrador, Rufus, who he got as a gift on valentine’s day. Pranab writes “ I fell in love with Rufus the instant I saw him, but my parents didn't quite accept him initially. However, now they not only love him but also make sure to video chat with him regularly." Pranab goes on to say, “once on a rainy day a friend dropped in to my place completely drenched. He removed his shoes and headed straight to the washroom, without petting Rufus. By the time he came out, Rufus had chewed off his shoes in anger!! Well, as they say, hell hath no fury like Rufus scorned.
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This week's winner of the Tales & Tails contest is Gunjan Pande from Goa.
She writes to us about her brave 6 year old dalmatian, Zia. Gunjan says: One night when Zia was only one and a half years old, I was woken up in the middle of the night by strange sounds coming from our backyard. I picked up a bamboo stick and went to see what was happening. As soon as I reached i saw Zia tugging at a man’s ankle, and barking ferociously even while the man was throwing stones at her. Soon a crowd gathered and we caught hold of the person only to discover that he was a thief trying to climb the water pipe. The police was immediately called in and soon Zia became the resident hero of our colony and all our hearts.
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Tales & Tails contest winner - Jayant Mishra from Bengaluru.
He tells us about his lucky boxer, Monty. Jayant writes “ Monty sure is the privileged child of the house. He likes to sleep with me, pushes me to a corner every night, and most nights impersonates a mosquito repellant!
Monty loves chicken. In fact when the bird flu hit Bengaluru last month, he almost had a nervous breakdown!! He is also health conscious. He goes for walks precisely 4 times a day. He doesn't wear a watch, yet functions like clockwork.
He fights, gets angry, throws tantrums…yet in the night comes right into bed, and hugs me to sleep!
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Question: The process of birds replacing their feathers periodically is called –
Your options are -
A) MOULTING
B) SHEDDING
C) MIGRATING
sms PETS (SPACE) A, B, OR C to 56388
Winner of last week’s contest is Darsha Rai from Nashik | |
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In loving memory of Casper
From: Aditi Tandon
Casper passed away yesterday after a brief illness of 10 days at a young age of 7.5 years. We are beyond heartbroken specially my parents for whom he was a child when their own children had left home for further studies. In all our years of having pets, we never had a more gentle and beautiful soul. Even visitors admired his good nature and when we went for walks in the colony, people would stop and compliment on his good looks. Throughout his suffering not once did he whimper and till the end wagged his tail when he saw family.
This picture of his was taken on the top of the stairs near our entrance and this was one of Casper's favorite places-. Sitting right at the top he could see which of the family member was coming and run down at a gallop to greet them.
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