Howls, barks, groans… those are the sounds that greet you as you enter Cyrus Maina’s home in Kirigiti, Kiambu County. The home is a dogs’ paradise, where Rottweilers, Boerboels, German Shepherds, White Swiss Shepherds, Pugs, St Bernards, Belgian Malinois, Maltese and Russian mountain dogs and Blackhounds, among other breeds, thrive.