Walk through any old family photo album from a 1980s Indian home and there is a reasonable chance a fluffy white dog sits in the frame. Not a Pomeranian, not a Samoyed, an Indian Spitz, grinning at the camera like it owns the house. For two decades it was the default pet of the Indian middle class, then it nearly vanished from city flats. It is coming back, and the reasons say something useful about what actually works in a Mumbai high-rise or a Bengaluru apartment.
