Beauty salons are basically fully booked, and foster care is “hard to find”… pet consumption is soaring before the holiday. Pet boarding is also extremely popular, with many stores’ “rooms” already booked.

During the Chinese New Year, pet boarding becomes the first choice for people who find it inconvenient to take their pets back to their hometowns. “We bathe and groom dogs because they come into contact with more children during the Spring Festival, so they can be safer and cleaner,” she said.