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Dog Vacay: Airbnb for dogs

David Pescovitz at 11:29 am Wed, May 16, 2012

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Dog Vacay is like Airbnb for canines. This is brilliant because on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. (Thanks, Marina Gorbis!)

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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Don’t put Spot in a kennel, just strap him to the roof of your car and take him with you.

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Next up: Child Vacay.
autark

I don’t know man… couchsurfing, airbnb, that’s one thing… that’s ME I’m putting on the line… but letting some stranger watch my dog? I need a *lot* more trust than the social reputation some website can provide. Would people do this with their kids? No way. If you don’t understand that dogs are like kids for many of us (especially the childless DINK’s), then you won’t know why this business model will fail. I’m callin’ it now. Fail.
http://www.batshite.com/royalflush Scott Bartlett

I was ambivalent until a barbershop quartet sang the URL at the end of the video.