UNITED KINGDOM -- Want to meet like minded dog lovers?
There's a new social network for dog lovers that I can't recommend highly enough.It's because of my own love for dogs that I came across K9 United and I'm hooked. K9 united has a real facebook feel to it, which I'm grateful for, as familiarity makes me happy, and everything is pretty much laid out the same as facebook :)
Like facebook the site is "free and always will be" so I jumped right in and started uploading photos and videos of my beloved cocker spaniels.
Within seconds other members were 'liking' my photos and videos and it was a great feeling to share these photos and videos with other members who love their dogs as much as I do.
Facebook for dog lovers
You can see what I mean about the whole facebook design by this screen shot of the home page.
I gotta be honest, there is no way that I would upload lots of photos and videos of my dogs to facebook, as most of my friends may not be dog lovers and not quite get the whole bond between me and my dogs, but with K9 United it doesn't matter if I upload a 100 photos of my dogs just sitting there, members on the site would understand why - because I love my dogs and this is a dog network!
Finding Love on K9united?
Meeting someone on a Dog Social Network?
I noticed that K9united shows your relationship status, a plus I guess, for those single people out there who are looking for a partner who shares their love for dogs.
My missus made sure that I set this to "Married"!
But in all seriousness, in my experience of walking my dogs over the fields I meet so many dog owners and the ice breaker is always to talk about our dogs, that's what our dogs are sometimes.... ice breakers.
We then talk about some of the problems we've had with our beloved k9's, how old they are, what they chewed up when they were puppies etc...... you know, DOG TALK!
So in a nutshell, this website is an online version of taking your dog for a walk over the field, you never know what dog people your gonna meet.
Anyway, regardless of your relationship status you're gonna meet people who like dogs, I'm certainly going to use k9 united to organize group dog walks in our area, the missus thinks it would be a good idea to meet new people too, and I don't know what it is but I tent to trust dog owners more??
That's my naivety kicking in thinking that anyone who loves dogs couldn't possibly be bad....
I know, I have a lot to learn!
Dog Misbehaving?
Share your story on K9 United
Another advantage of this dog social network is the fact that it has a forum.
We've all experienced problems with our dogs at some point, god knows I have, and part of the problem is not knowing what to do about it, but on the forum you can post whatever questions you may have about your dog and it will be placed in front of fellow dog lovers that have more than likely experienced the same thing with their dogs and will be well placed to advise. Top stuff
Dog Blogging? What the hell is that!?
You can blog about your dog, or your dog can blog about you!
K9united has a cool blog feature. I'm not sure if this is meant for the owners or the dogs?!
I've written a couple of k9united blogs about dog welfare and training etc, and the good thing is that Google will crawl the page giving me a bit of exposure in the mighty search engine. But what if dog owners were to use this as a platform for their dog to speak?
"Had quite a rufff day today, bloody diarrhea won't go away, I'm sure it's something I've eaten. Daddy not happy with me as it's all sticking to my fur"
You get the idea, I'm sure you could have a lot of fun with K9 United.
Alex Olejnik
