It seems our little secret is out! After winning the Webby the last thing we expected was to be named a Time Magazine Site of The Year! Really all we wanted to do was make a super fun and safe place for doggies and kitties to play. I was sure people would love it, but I guess I just underestimted how many!
So the kennel is getting a little crowded and the site is serving slow, but have no fear. In the short term we’re tweaking our settings in preperation for the nearly doubled usage and for the long term we are preparing for a major architecture upgrade that is already underway.
So please stick around, enjoy, contact us about anything you want (we’re here for you and not vice-versa!) and know we’re working double hard to make everyting faster, better and more fun!
Woofs and meows to everyone!
Dr. Barchas’ newest column is about inappropriate urination. How to find out if it’s a mistake or !gasp! on purpose.
His previous entry was on the right age to spay and neuter. We’re so happy to have Dr. Barchas with us!
When we were in New York earlier this month we had a meet-up with a bunch of New York Dogsters as part of the Dogs24/7 & Cats24/7 kick-off at Bryant Park in NYC. It was a real hoot getting to meet many of you. We hope to do meet-ups in more cities soon.
Above is the photo shoot. Sure is a ton of doggies. Click here to see the full-size image.
We got some really big big news. For over a year now doggies have asked how can I post more than 10 photos and please, please can I add captions to my photos and customize my page a bit. Until now it’s been impossible due the costs, but finally we have the solution and it’s called DogsterPlus! It’s a cost feature, but is super inexpensive and all our existing features and fun will remain 100% free.
For just $19.95 a year or $3.50 a month with DogsterPlus you can upload up to 50 photos, and add captions and custom frames. YOU CAN EVEN TRY IT FOR FREE FOR SEVEN DAYS AT NO COST! These features come with a nifty new Photo Manager tool for easy re-ordering and organization. As well each of your pets will get a special online Photo Book to easily share all your images displayed with captions and their custom frames. Other barkalicious features include getting to give 10 Rosettes a month. Rosettes are like treats, but you can leave a message and each Rosette links back to the giver. Rosettes last 30 days, but each month you’ll get 10 new ones to give away! And all your pets will be included in our new DogsterPlus Stroll.
Join DogsterPlus Now.
See the first DogsterPlus members.
Even better, your membership is good for both Dogster and Catster and covers all the pets in your account! If you sign up now you will be marked as one of the earliest subscribers - a fact that will also appear on your pet’s pages.
It’s important that we bark clearly that everything that is currently free will remain free. And just like the Doggie Dynamics feature we released earlier this week WE HAVE MANY NEW FREE FEATURES PLANNED THAT WILL CONSTANTLY BE ADDED TO THE SITE. In fact starting tomorrow we will be breaking ground on groups and other community features for deeper sharing and connections. WE LOVE ALL OUR MEMBERS EQUALLY and plan to keep growing this site every way we can. In fact, simply by having a small percentage of members joining DogsterPlus will provide us with the revenue to work faster and launch more features for all Dogsters.
Wooooof! We just got to launch a fun new feature we’re really thrilled about. Now there are questions in your dog’s account page referring to diffenet traits and characterisics. You pick on a chart what they are and then we show the results on a nifty chart on your dogs page! Here’s my Sparky.
To set up one for each of your dogs go to My Account, the select ‘Edit any info for your dog.’ About halfway down the page you’ll see them in item #9.
We can’t wait until a bunch of doggies have entered their dynamics and we can search and compare and see who is who!
Big thanks to Tim Barkow of Thinkcorpsin Portland who designed the cool interface that shows your dog’s chart.
