Wag, the ‘Uber for Dog-Walking,’ Is Drawing Uber-Like Scrutiny

Re:Wag, the ‘Uber for Dog-Walking,’ Is Drawing Uber-Like Scr... by bko on Monday October 16, 2017 @03:24PM (#15485949)

Not necessarily. If you have a dog walker he may not always be available.

I have been with pet owners and they would leave a bar early because of their dog. They may be using that as an excuse but I think there may be a market for flexibility. Especially when it comes to spontaneous work happy hours.

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Re:Wag, the ‘Uber for Dog-Walking,’ Is Drawing Uber-Like Scr... by Bartweiss on Monday October 16, 2017 @04:28PM (#15486399)

The second problem here is trust, though.

I know it sounds a bit odd to trust strange drivers more than strange dog-walkers, cars aren't exactly safe, but it's pretty true. For someone to take care of my dog, I'd want at a minimum for them to meet the dog with me present and go over some basic care instructions.

So: yeah, I've left events I genuinely wanted to stay at to go take care of my dog. But my general solution to this is "ask a trusted neighbor to come by"; since trust and familiarity are required, I'd probably still end up going out-of-band even if I had to keep in touch with multiple people.

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