I probably shouldn’t be gifting my friend’s dog… haha, but meet Maya :)

Maya’s a puppy! Officially, she’s only a year and a half old. She’s about to have her second litter of puppies :) Yes. Her second litter. Puppies don’t get fixed in India :) Which means there are lots of stray puppies running around. She’s Suma and Avinash’s dog! Pictured is Suma (who is also too awesome) :) 

Just the other day, we walked into an industrial area to talk to a small factory owner (Fanus, who works with a lot of the Berkeley PhD students who come to Berkeley, who now is also working with me as a translator haha). I saw a puppy (like the size of a kitten), walked up to it knelt down and started petting it. When Madhu, another co-worker of mine I went with, was like… jessicaaaaaaa theres another one its coming!!!! And then a few seconds later there was another puppy ^^ Up on its hind legs while I pet his head. Cute, cute, beige puppy with a white diamond between his eyes. So adorbs :) 

There are lots of stray dogs running around in India.. kind of like Taiwan. None but the puppies can be pet. Some of them are ‘adopted’ by i.e the security guards of the industrial area, or shop owners, or hotel employees, etc. 

Back to Maya. Maya is a lab, and is sooooo loving! She’s living with Suma and Avinash’s friends because they’re temporary place is too small (waiting for their other place to be built). As soon as people come she burrows into whatever she can find and won’t stop ever!! So cute :)

She’s going to have puppies at the end of September, so I won’t be in India to welcome them and love them, but Avinash loves dogs so its all good :) He ran a dog show in Hubli and had a pet-related business a while back, but is working with NextDrop now. It’s really good to know I’m not the only one gushing over dogs here :)

Anyways. If I could give you one of Maya’s puppies I would :) 

Other dogs in India!

:)