Doggelganger

[Pawbla]

Have you seen this webpage?

You upload a picture of yourself and it matches you to a dog up for adoption. It's really neat even if you can't adopt him . I am, apparently, similar to a heeler mix from Australia!

http://www.doggelganger.co.nz/

 

[Dlilly]

I was matched to a Mastiff mix in some place I've never heard of… It was really cool though! I'm trying to match my bother now.

 

[tigerlily46514]

lol, it might be cute,
but what a lousy way to choose a breed!!

what if some couch potato ends up with a border collie.......what if a jogger ends up with a mastiff?

Researching and matching up (honestly) the time and energy a person can devote to their dog's energy needs,
is way more logical way to choose a breed.

STILL, IT'S VERY CUTE!!!

 

[tigerlily46514]

i want to try it!

lol, i can not get it to "accept" my photo. darn. It says do not use too dark of a photo, so Maybe because i do have dark color hair with bangs on my forehead, but, i tried 2 different photos, keeps telling me 'can't accept that photo'.

that's pretty bad, when a dog-site won't even accept my photo!!

 

[tigerlily46514]

i finally got it to "accept" my photo, even though my face was not centered, (the nose thing was not really on my nose, lol) and i got matched to a yellow lab mix (in Australia, think).

 

[Pawbla]

Haha, yeah, I'd never choose a dog that way (me, with a heeler, in an apartment? Sounds like a recipe for disaster) but it's really cute!

 

[southerngirl]

I was matched to a German Shepard cross. Really cool site, but defiantly not a good way to find the right dog for you.

 

[Dogster]

I agree. NOT a good way to find your man's best friend. But it's a GREAT idea, because it matches you with a RESCUE dog, which might make you want to rescue instead of buy.

I got matched (very weird) to a white, 18 month old Sharpe cross in Te Awamutu SPCA. Looks nothing like me!!! The accuracy was 55%. Gonna try it again.

 

[Anneke]

I got matched to a white and tan heeler, 4 months old in Whangarei??? Never heard of that, australia perhaps?
But a really cute dog.
And nope not a good way to choose, but fun though

 

[Dogster]

This time I got matched to a 7 month old female yellow lab mix at the Aukland SPCA. She's ADORABLE!!!! 56% accurate.

 

[Dogster]

I LOVE doing this. This time it was 68% accurate. I got matched to a 1 year old female Staffordshire Bull Terrier, brown and white. In Wellington SPCA.

 

[Dlilly]

It was fun, but I'd never use this to decide for me which dog to adopt.

 

[Pawbla]

Wow, very different dogs, Dogster! But they say it's still in beta, haha.

They should add a small questionaire like: Want an high-energy dog or a low energy dog? Do you mind shedding? Do you have kids? etc for when they release the final version.

 

[Dogster]

Yes!!!! Exactly, Pawbla!!!! That would be perfect!!!

 

[charmedwolf]

Very cute! They definitely need some questions for it but it is in beta so I'll give them that.

I was matched with a pug/beagle mix the first time. Haha no. Then I was matched with a Mastiff/German Shepherd mix. That's more like it!!

 

[Pawbla]

I sent them the suggestion. Hopefully they'll read it.

 

[Lexy88]

Lol they advertised this heaps on tv here [I'm from NZ!!] - it was mostly to increase awareness of rescue dogs and adopting them.

 

[sara]

I dont have any pics of myself, so cant do this... but it looks like fun!