Dog trainer
Certified force-free trainer through K9 Companions India.
Founder
Mugdha Yelkar
Founder of Dog Friendly India. Certified force-free dog trainer. Dog travel-readiness in Pune.
I built Dog Friendly India from lived experience with my own dogs, Simba and Arrow, and from the belief that dog parents deserve a more honest way to decide what kind of travel is realistic.
Quick answer
Mugdha Yelkar is the Pune-based founder of Dog Friendly India.
She is a certified force-free dog trainer through K9 Companions India, travels with Simba and Arrow, and brings lived experience with car panic, motion sickness, unfamiliar stays and real travel preparation. She is not a veterinary behaviourist.
Why this work exists
Not without my dogs became a training question.
For years, travel with my dogs was not about cute photographs. It was about whether they could cope with the car, the stay, the people, the smells, the resident animals and the decisions I made for them.
That is the lens I bring to Dog Friendly India: not “Can the place allow dogs?” but “Can this dog-parent team handle this plan safely and kindly?”
Dog parent
Travels with Simba and Arrow, with lived experience of real travel challenges.
Systems background
16 years of rural field, programme and systems experience.
Google reviews
What people notice.
Excerpts from public Google reviews for Dog Friendly India.
“The right training has made it easier to plan not only holidays but also social gatherings.”
Durva · Google review
“She is patient, calm, and always pays attention to what each dog is comfortable with.”
Sanket Rathod · Google review
“She doesn’t just teach from a textbook. She speaks from real, hands-on experience.”
Netra Phule · Google review
Work with Mugdha
Start with your dog’s actual starting point.
Book a 60-minute Travel Readiness Check in Pune.