MUMBAI: Sprawled comfortably on the floor of his Dadar home, eight-year-old Bruno, a German Shepherd, shows absolutely no sign of pain as he is given his insulin injection. Once the jab is over, Bruno walks towards his food bowl comprising a slurry of cereal and chunks of lean chicken. In the three years since he was diagnosed with diabetes, he is used to the routine of two insulin jabs a day. "My Bruno is a very resilient pet. Not once has he yelped while being injected or even during his daily blood tests earlier," says Bhavana Karve, a homemaker. "Two injections a day, a low-carb diet and...
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