Now fast food for dogs in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 29: Heard of a Fast Food center for dogs? Well, it is here in the God's own country, Kerala, where pet dogs can just get a ''Dog Biriyani'' delivered at their kennels.

At the strike of 12, the pets in various homes in Thiruvananthapuram await the arrival of Venugopal, who calls himself ''kennel chef'', for their delicious ''biryani''.

About a 100 packets of ''dog biryanai'' is delivered in Thiruvananthapuram every day, he told UNI and added each day the ''pet customer'' is increasing.

Venugopal, who was an x-ray welder at the Cochin Shipyard, also hopes to start an outlet and also a hotel exclusively for canines in the future. ''First let this business become steady and then I would go for a hotel exclusively for dogs,'' he said. ''Every day a new customer calls me and I think the people in Thiruvananthapuram have accepted this,'' he said.

When asked how he ventured into this business unknown so far, he said ''it all started when I could not give food to my own dog at the right time. I realised that others would also be facing the same problem. After I talked to a few families who have dogs, I thought, why not start a fast food just for dogs?'' ''After the idea struck me, I did a market survey for three months and talked to families who had pets. It was after this I realised that it would be a good venture,'' he said.

UNI