Hey, Your Dog Defriended Me!

| Mar 08, 2010 | 4 comments

As if I don’t already need 26 hours instead of 24 hours in one day.

I have found yet another way to take my procrastination to the next level. Please don’t blame me if you get hooked.

Dogbook allows your pet to have his or her very own Facebook page. Ok, I know you’re thinking “nerd alert” but hey, there are currently 45,579 Facebook fans doing this, so there are a lot of other nerdy people who sometimes treat their pets like human beings like me wasting time on this thing. But the thing is, it wasn’t a complete waste. There were some useful things on there.

Ok, you basically create a profile like you would for yourself on Facebook except there are a couple of  interesting features that are unique to Dogbook.

You can invite friends for him or her as well as update their status. You can “pet” your dog, buy toys for him or her and remove or defriend people from your dog’s family. Yes cheesy, but fun if wasting time is your goal.

Once you put in your dog’s location, you can also find dog parks in your area. I found 4, all less than 5 miles away, that I didn’t even know existed.

My dog’s name is Raisin. She’s a  needy, miniature Cocker Spaniel that snores. There’s a Groups tab on her profile that lets me find all sorts of dogs groups filled with other dog lovers to connect with. I know there’s a group out there for needy, snoring Cocker Spaniels. Still looking.

Familiar with Amber Alerts? Dogbook has “Arf Alerts”, a place for people to post notices of their missing animals which is great.

You know that you’re going to procrastinate. You know that you’re going to waste time. Check out Dogbook.

Updating my dog’s Dogbook status makes me laugh, which is a good thing.  Dogbook 1 Farmville 0.

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  • http://intensedebate.com/people/mobloso Travis Wright

    DogBook… wow. That is funny. Your dog looks truly loved.

    I think Michelle posted an article a couple weeks ago about how there is a collar you can buy that tweets for your pet. Maybe they can add that to status updates.

    "Raisin is licking her nether regions, cuz she can."

  • jasmin

    I read and loved Michelle's article actually but have to say that Dogbook trumps the twitter collar. you can't buy obnoxiously annoying toys for your pet on twitter like you can with this Dogbook :)

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Mark_Aaron_Murn Mark Aaron Murnahan

    Dogs are popular little critters, but from a value standpoint, they will NEVER be what bacon is. Dogs are not as tasty, and there are too many politics involved with breeding them for food.

    I make no apology for the fact that I am the only guy on my block without a dog or any desire whatsoever to have a creature living in my home that licks its own butt or rolls around in dead stuff.

    What the heck is so desperate about people that they must control a creature for their own amusement. It must be the same gene that says to watch a bunch of dudes in tight pants drag each other to the ground and then do a dance when they get their balls where they want them.

    I know some nice people with dogs, but I know a lot of other crazy people, too.

    On a high note, I know dogs that are smarter than some people. So if you don't get my humor or you want to hunt me down (like a dog) get a check up from the neck up. I am just fueling your dog flame. Hating will just give my cat more reasons to eat you.

    B)

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  • http://intensedebate.com/people/loriguffey loriguffey

    Came across a GPS collar for your dog the other day….just turn it on when Fido goes out to do his/her business & boom! no more dog-napping or mammals making a run for it. GPS coordinates are sent to your phone or email & Google Earth takes it from there. Pretty cool. Think society is getting a bit neurotic? nah……