5 Indian sports personalities who love dogs

#5 Ashwini Ponnappa

Ashwini Ponappa’s Twitter handle also has a cover picture with her pets

Ashwini Ponnappa is known for her badminton skills on the court but not many people know that the shuttler is an avid lover of dogs. The shuttler represents the country in the women’s doubles when she partners Jwala Gutta and even though the duo did not have a good outing in the Rio Olympics, they have brought glory to the nation in the past.

Ashwini has regularly been posting pictures on social media with her pets. The shuttler had posted one such pic where she captioned it, “I really love dogs that I can cuddle up to, and Ace fits that description perfectly!!!”

My Sunday couldn't have started any better.Happy people+happy Doggie =A happy Sunday pic.twitter.com/xAIlUlDWeV

— Ashwini Ponnappa (@P9Ashwini) July 24, 2016

Ponnappa has posted numerous pictures with dogs which shows us exactly how much the athlete loves her pets. She had also posted a picture of herself along with one more of her dogs on Facebook and commented, 'Hey do you know we can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals...aww i love dogs.’