Mother’s Day 2025: How Sheeba Sabir ended up with 7 Shih Tzus during peak COVID

Sheeba Akashdeep Sabir with her 7 dogs

Actor and pet parent Sheeba Akashdeep Sabir, who was last seen in the Sonu Sood-fronted Fateh, is the mom to seven Shih Tzu pups named Falafel, Bubble, Sunshine, Sparkle, Boston, Sky, and Diego. To her, loving pets is an integral part of her life. On Mother's Day 2025, we revisit Sheeba's interaction with Mid-day, where the Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani fame recounted the time she home-delivered her fur babies with the help of a YouTube video in peak COVID.

When Sheeba Sabir turned her home into a maternity ward

Sheeba's journey as a Shih Tzu mom started with Sparkle, a rescue dog, who became pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic. The actor asserted that she wasn't worried about the litter on the way, but the pressure to find suitable homes. The vet refused to come home when Sparkle was due to give birth. Sheeba and her son Bhavishya did it all after watching a YouTube tutorial. "The whole night we were just delivering babies, cleaning, tying umbilical cords, stitching up, putting them on hot pads, expressing her milk. We were learning everything," she recalled.

Sheeba decided to keep them all in her plush abode at Lokhandwala since she didn't have the heart to give them away. A star of her era, who shared screen space with bigwigs like Salman Khan and Suniel Shetty, jokes about being now known because of her dogs.

Sheeba Sabir is a hands-on pet parent

Despite being a working mother, Sheeba has ensured that her babies are not neglected while she is away. Winnie, who is like a godmother to the dogs, is the actor's one point of contact. She elaborated, "Having a pet is a full-time responsibility, and I never tell anybody to take it lightly or gift a pet to someone or give in to a child's demand."

Speaking of pets requiring maintenance, she avered, "It is something that is required for their well-being. When I groom them I check for fleas or ticks which gives them tick fever which can take their life if they have. A pet's tolerance is very high. By the time you figure something is wrong, they have already reached the limit of their pain."