In modern society, It’s a big challenge to make right companion in one’s life. Instead of making human friends, some people choice to adopt a pet. Many people that I know from New York, want to adopt a pet because they feel lonely. As a pet owner, I agree that having a pet is a great experience in one’s life but the real problem is when after they adopt a pet. They start thinking about adopting another pet because pet owners think their pet might be lonely while pet left alone at home. If there is a family looking after your pet while you are away, Owner might not worry about their pet but I want to more focus on singles. As the pet family grows larger, the owner need to spend more time with their pets so they have less human interaction. Even if the pet owner find someone to have a relationship there is still a chance that he or she might not like your pet.  I was inspired from a dog park. Dog owners talk to each other about their pet and their life. It’s really nature to share the same interest. Especially for pet owners because their pet is a big part of their life. In Disney animation One Hundred and one Dalmatians, Two Dalmatian dog owners meet and marry with each other because of their dogs. If we can find way to connect with others through their pet, it would not be just a movie or an animation.

Therefore I’m approaching this project from the lens of a pet owner. I’m interested in exploring dating application and wearable accessary for pet owners in order to identify pet owners, communicate and build a relationship in there local area through their pets.

First I want to limit this application to only dog lovers and cat lovers because they are most common pets in most of country. I read survey results that most of people who likes dogs also like cats too. This pet owners dating application works with a small accessary device which looks like a keychain or a button that shows shape of your pet so even if other people didn’t see you in the application, they will notice that you like dogs or cats. With this device, if other user is in near distance, device will exchange your pets information automatically and then later user can explore other user’s pet information and request to open owner’s profile too.

also can send direct message to other users after other user agree to open owner’s information. before user open owner’s information users can only exchange special cat or dog emojis to communicate each other .

User has to create a pet avatar as owner’s identity and preference that user is ‘interest in relationship or friendship’, ‘prefer cat lover, dog lover or both’. User can express their feeling with their avatar and write their pet diary to communicate with other users. 

Since there are so many dating applications out there what is so special about this pet owner’s dating application?

First of all, It is so obvious this application is specialized for pet lovers and animal lovers who is interested in relationship or friendship so users share at least one big interest together. Users don’t have to worry about your date like your pet or not. User can have more intimate relationship because a pet is not just a pet to them. it’s like introducing their family to each other. It’s going to be a meaningful experience to users and their pets.

Second, user doesn’t have to worry about privacy. In many present dating application, users need to open too much information for anonymous people. Sometimes application match you to your friends or coworkers who you already know and user experience awkward moments but in this application it only shows your pets information and limited information of pet owner. even if your coworkers or friends find you in the application, they just think you as an animal lover.