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Dogster

Thursday, September 11th, 2008 – running time 10:17
The top dog of both Dogster and Catster, Ted Rheingold, stops by the shed to talk about social networking for pets. And when you think about it, that's a pretty weird concept...

Most Americans have a pet. And most Americans are online. So it was pretty smart of Ted Rheingold to start Dogster and Catster, which are social networks for pets. Well, your cat probably has no idea how many page views she's gotten this month, nor that she's been nudged by a poodle. But pet owners are lapping this stuff up like you wouldn't believe, and Ted gives us a glimpse into how bizarre it all gets...

Highlights
Burt Reynolds ( 2:01, 2:01 ) Martin Sargent ( 0:23, 0:23 ) Rick Rubin ( 8:14, 8:14 ) health benefits ( 7:06, 7:06 ) Burt Reynolds ( 2:01, 2:01 ) Martin Sargent ( 0:23, 0:23 ) Rick Rubin ( 8:14, 8:14 ) health benefits ( 7:06, 7:06 )

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" War. This episode of Internet superstar has occupied. -- different by choice. Hello and welcome Internet superstar of the show the -- most important intriguing and saying people and things online. -- Internet. Martin Sargent. Do you cute animal pictures and videos that Internet making talk like this -- computer work. Or maybe maybe even like lyrics."

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" that you want to see my dogs their profile yet AA have yeah this is my dogs peanuts. He's life for -- I thought that what do you think of that. I think you're you're you know that the real -- on the site you know the good -- like he's -- boy he's going to sue amount as soon do you feed him a lot peanut. No no hook look at it he's just big ball big -- it. Doesn't get into the neighbor's dog food and David wrote maybe maybe about it in the -- who decide to. You know create a single -- why should it. And look silly about this new part about this I got this holds -- back."

" It's just not these fun so what we did is we kept getting all these emails just ridiculously cute or funny pet photos and we pass them on and we never did anything when. And and so now we have an archive of all we -- Nazr it's it's where cute and fuzzy collide. And it's just super cute to pursue it 98 it's like we feel like it's here rating funny on the Internet and it's different then I -- us -- which is so funny kid and its -- at all I think -- to separate community it's two -- commute I'd love them if they make me laugh -- so many people making so much humor there and they sift through so many submissions. And that they're so good at what they do I can't be jealous because I I don't think we could've done this really. Special what you."

" You guys seem to be I mean the -- and yeah they got the popular artist saying it's it's just a great dog and cat owners spend. Hell of a lot of money on this stuff. It -- me like it's gotta be a fantastic business. The yeah it really -- public employees and a 1770. I think you're three when you."

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" War. This episode of Internet superstar has occupied. -- different by choice. Hello and welcome Internet superstar of the show the -- most important intriguing and saying people and things online. -- Internet. Martin Sargent. Do you cute animal pictures and videos that Internet making talk like this -- computer work. Or maybe maybe even like lyrics."

" A."

" And."

" Yeah. Choose."

" Yeah yeah. Yeah. Yeah and the actors and yeah. And you know and."

" Well today's featured Internet superstar is in no small part responsible for that hearing and the top dog of the one. Highly popular dog is social network dogs there again there are I don't America and downloaded program it. That I -- think meant a lot has changed. Yet we first met when you got on my own show on tech TV I'm screwed -- it was a great if you reduce the lipstick that's the short."

" Little clip what we both looked like back then here it says that I've got to thank -- I think that you and I have both aged about 35 years in dog you how does that happen I don't know I don't know in the cube changes appeared rejuvenated and decided to let the Braves must. Yes yes very -- yeah not try to bring it back from trying to make it safer Madigan -- must think and hand what this tells me is. The courage required to grow almost like this tell me your business not doing very very well -- into the it's true there's a confidence in who you are and where your futures if it weren't supposed yet. It is it is it's finally some people are -- to -- Burt Reynolds or magnum PI and that's where you want yeah yeah that's it yeah when you want to be you know it personally is that your site first came out. It was it was in like the -- You can't figure that dogs there about the birth -- shall catch it wasn't even her -- I'll think in the dogs there is a way for dog owners to hook up. With other dog owner Dan Quayle -- was -- what that was like my own six. Is forming and that that right that's what that's about what yeah because people don't it. It's all about sharing your passion not yourself and so you do not thank you -- they felt it might actually -- We should make Martin's their behavior."

" And sell it to the dating doesn't happen so much. It's. You know our -- position -- that if you don't have an upgrading it because it's creepy it's creepy than humans median line is dogs -- feet and hands -- and act -- yes so we keep it on the clean friendly side and that's what people really like it how many people -- signed up for dogs -- cast her now there's a lot yet it's over core three quarters of them isn't -- Europe -- like 11000 for about fifty. Probably love it yeah thirty Tanya Moore yeah what what what -- on that success mean. Our our dog -- probably probably that guns period deficit he had -- you oh yeah yeah yeah you just wants to care to skip. It's just it's long steady. And it engagement -- members and you know we keep it fun and we focus on what they want to -- constantly evolving it. So instead of it hitting its peak and then falling off. It didn't you people are always joining and have new interest and so you know there. There there X 68 million dogs households in the country in cat union with pat it's. Both -- 170000002. Thirds of American households have pets. So everything we're doing is just a tiny. Drop in the bucket compared to what Americans want -- doing others and write English or -- year old ladies like eighteen cats -- for health. Not be -- want -- intimately. Not eighty. You know sometimes -- twenty profiles and doing this is fake but now they are in now you have -- believes the fake cancer. But what's the greatest benefits. Yeah part of course -- government. Yet I don't think of the worst thing he could think of and then real. -- that this reality stuff put up. You know fortunately. Eight there are better places to get so make jokes on the Internet than dogs cats are so we really prepared at first pick it. -- But. Who robbed dog food isn't new trend broad dog -- people feed their dogs entirely -- diet. And then this the -- giants fight to engage her own dog food and breeding and over population."

" that you want to see my dogs their profile yet AA have yeah this is my dogs peanuts. He's life for -- I thought that what do you think of that. I think you're you're you know that the real -- on the site you know the good -- like he's -- boy he's going to sue amount as soon do you feed him a lot peanut. No no hook look at it he's just big ball big -- it. Doesn't get into the neighbor's dog food and David wrote maybe maybe about it in the -- who decide to. You know create a single -- why should it. And look silly about this new part about this I got this holds -- back."

" It's just not these fun so what we did is we kept getting all these emails just ridiculously cute or funny pet photos and we pass them on and we never did anything when. And and so now we have an archive of all we -- Nazr it's it's where cute and fuzzy collide. And it's just super cute to pursue it 98 it's like we feel like it's here rating funny on the Internet and it's different then I -- us -- which is so funny kid and its -- at all I think -- to separate community it's two -- commute I'd love them if they make me laugh -- so many people making so much humor there and they sift through so many submissions. And that they're so good at what they do I can't be jealous because I I don't think we could've done this really. Special what you."

" You guys seem to be I mean the -- and yeah they got the popular artist saying it's it's just a great dog and cat owners spend. Hell of a lot of money on this stuff. It -- me like it's gotta be a fantastic business. The yeah it really -- public employees and a 1770. I think you're three when you."

" That that yes and it is probably -- and fulltime salary you know everyone you know health benefits vacation baton. Have a lot of fun to minute and profitable. Other plans for more bouts I think got -- they got cancer it is like fish sir yes hamsters stir hamsters there is -- going to see your kid in 2000 enforcement started its dedicated to that you -- answer it is not costs to. -- you guys. It's a small market will -- critters there. Critters that are gaffe or rabbits in the intervals and now on the road dementia. But -- we fished there and we of course there and birds certain we're gonna do all of them as a but just how to catch keeps an insanity yeah that it it would be distracted. But we'll do our pats were getting offline -- making dog tags in cats or dogs and cats and they're like emergency grades of what he gets separated during flood you'll get back together."

" Well. Yeah I -- our -- yeah."

" And got back. Yes it produces. -- I like Rick Rubin that would. Writers it's. Like this shows that are is good relative to the coolest. -- noted doctor. Or -- back to back that -- And you don't get and I tomorrow engineers into the latest new things from apple iPhone in bed until that. The law. Is that of the Internet superstar occupies the it's like killers. Relationship in your career dilemma."

" Opponent professional life where you got insightful perspective of loyal Baxter anchors."

" Expect very dot com you'll find the universe of -- a lot of -- engine that lets you submit any issue -- life dilemma to the community a Baxter and here's the real time voting. Well on the back then I got the full details and you leave a more enlightened person. The number one German export greater and the official drink. But that's superstars."

" Yeah."

" Yeah. Yeah."

" Do."