DogSpot Featured in Outlook Money

DogSpot is featured as one of the 25 statups under Rs. 10 Lakh. Also DogSpot became cover story on Outlook Money. DogSpot is a Dog Lovers social network and was stared by Rana Atheya, Shailesh Visen and Gaurav Malik about 2 years ago.

DogSpot main source of income is Ad Sales and the team is working on some new innovative revenue models.

To be successful one have to understand key elements of pet industry and should also have good knowledge of web 2.0 technologies.

The website is run for the users and by the users. It is a platform where people can add delete and edit content.

DogSpot is known to promote by media co-branding, word of mouth and promotions in Events etc.

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Launch of Phase I DogSpot India

Its been long I wrote any further update of DogSpot. A lot has been happening on the backend side though. We decided to launch DogSPot in phases and Phase-I got unleashed on 18th Jan 2008. Now on dogspot you can Blog about dogs, Post questions read through forums. You can make your profile and your dog can also have a dedicated page!!! if you have puppies for sale you can list your puppies under puppy section. The user can scrap the dog owner straight away.

And recently on 3rd Feb we launched Photos section as as well. here you can publish as many pictures as possible, as of now I have uploaded Taj Kennel club KCI Dog Show Pictures. This section will be updated time totime with latest Dog World Pictures.

Phase II and Phase III are still awaited. With Phase two It will be more useful to the sellers and service providers and the user will get more information about utilitarian info.

We hope Soon DogSpot will be THE ultimate destination for all dog lovers.

KCI- Kennel Club of India and your Dog's Registration

KCI is Kennel Club of India, a professional body that maintains Indian Dog Breed Standard and organizes All India All Breed Championship Dog Shows. The KCI is ISO 9001- 2000 certified. IKC head office is in Chennai, India.

KCI Publishes a monthly magazine called IKG (Indian Kennel Gazette). To subscribe IKG you need to log on to http://thekci.org, download the form and send it to the KCI by Snail mail. 1 year IKG Subscription is for Rs.300 and 2 years IKG subscription is for Rs.550.

To get best of breed and to show your dog in KCI dog shows KCI registration is needed. If you are buying a KCI registered dog it means that you will get a KCI registration certificate from the breeder. KCI makes sure that the breed is up to the mark and at the time of whelping a KCI representative may also visit the breeder, to ensure maintenance of breed standards.

The registration certificate carries pedigree of 5 generations of the puppy. If the puppy comes with champion bloodline the registration will have parent’s name with Ch. as prefix. The cost of the puppy depends on number of champs appearing in the registration papers... greater the number of champs, costlier the puppy.

The dog will be easily registered if its parents are registered with the Kennel Club of India (KCI). The breeder will then give you a ownership transfer form. One side of the form should be signed by the dog’s previous owners. After registration, the KCI will hand you the dog’s pedigree papers which will help you to show your dog in KCI shows. This is known as transfer of ownership. It is mandatory to be an IKG subscriber to apply for Transfer of Ownership.

If you have a dog whose parents were not registered with KCI than the breeder cannot give you the papers. The KCI registers the dog as "Registration with Unknown Pedigree" fee for the same is Rs.150/-. For this you need take your dog to a nominated judge or KCI nominated expert for the expert opinion, when it’s a year-old. You need to obtain his signature in an enclosed declaration form. 3 colored photographs of the dog must be sent to the KCI with the signature of the authorized expert person on the reverse of the photographs. Click here to get the KCI Expert list.
KCI Address is:
Kennel Club of India
No. 28 (89) AA block, First Street
Anna Nagar
Chennai 600 040
Tamil Nadu, India
Tel: 044-26213661
kennelclub@eth.net
kenclub@md3.vsnl.net.in

The DogSpot Story

I am a dog enthusiast since my childhood and so is my wife. We have always been living with dogs. 25+ years of Dog Keeping experience, and still a lot to learn. Now we live in a apartment and that too on top floor, and both of us are working. Due to apartment living and hectic office life cannot keep a DOG.. Wat a pity!! However the utter joy of keeping connected with dog's world was always there. I help many of my dog lover friends with my learning from experience.
I have been Breeding, Showing and Keeping dogs since my childhood. I still follow the KCI Dog Shows very closely. I learned a lot from my Dad who is a professor in veterinary sciences and a great dog fan. Than my circle of Dog enthusiasts gave me great Learning. I have been part of the dog show committees in various regional and national level dog shows.
Sitting on all this dog Knowledge, one day, over a cup of coffee; me, my wife and a close friend of mine realized that this knowledge can help us create DogSpot- A Spot for all your Dog's daily needs. We were initially thinking to create a blogspot for dogs; the name Dogspot came from Blogspot itself. The idea was to share the knowledge, but we thot the Dog's world in India need more than just knowledge and sharing of experience and DogSpot Idea was born.

"Whoever said you can’t buy happiness forgot about little puppies." - Gene Hill

Online Dog Show Entries for KCI Dog Show- Bareilly

DogSpot gives all the dog lovers a whole new opportunity to show off their dogs skills to the world. You can now register your dog ONLINE for the first time for the Rohilkhand Kennel Club 25th & 26th All India All Breed championship KCI Dog Show . The show organized by the Rohilkhand Kennel Club will be held in Bareilly on the 18th November 2007.
So hurry up. Online entries close on 14th of November. For more details, log on to http://www.dogspot.in