A couple months ago, I put Ruby in a pet hotel in San Francisco as an experiment. Here's a screenshot of her, and my write-up of it appears in this month's Wired:
Room Z5 is empty except for a faux-suede floor pillow, a 14-inch flatscreen TV, an IP network camera, and a 9-pound miniature pinscher sitting motionless by the steel door. After a few minutes, the pooch gets up, walks across the room, and settles on the pillow, almost covering the white letters that spell out w-a-g. Kitschy dance music wafts in from the hallway. A dog yelps in the background.
Great article... I would be sad if I saw my puppy all lonely and howling for rescue too!
Was the canine shiatsu awkward looking? I can't imagine a dog just laying there and relaxing... weird.
Posted by: Mike san | September 24, 2007 at 07:43 PM
Do you know if they keep the lights on all night, or allow the dogs to socialize with each other?
I'm with you, if I left my dog Norman someplace with a 24/7 webcam I'd probably be checking it non-stop as well. Maybe for the dogs who are left on their own for long periods of time...this would be fine. But I have a feeling for the ones who are truly treated as part of the family, this kind of sterile, isolated environment would be absolutely miserable.
Posted by: sachi0770 | September 25, 2007 at 08:32 AM
I loved the ruby hotel story.
Posted by: mat | September 25, 2007 at 04:51 PM