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Dogup Seeks to Become Top Dog of Web Portals

Thursday, February 16, 2006

DogupDogup.com is a new website aimed at being a one-stop everything webportal of the doggie kind.

Still in beta form, the site includes a shopping directory, dating services for dogs and dog owners, photo sharing, media services, dog news, of course the ability to seek out the perfect puppy for your home, and a special listing of thousands of breeders as well.

If there's a dog in your present or future, Dogup wants to be the start page on your web browser.

Pet Shop Owners and Pet Product producers will be able to advertise their products and enterprises directly, not to mention that they will be able to monitor all of their client traffic with a personalized, sleek, up-to-the-minute and easy to read graphic presentation and report.

Prospective pet owners will be able seek out a new dog in their area, along with doing much of their research before buying a pet with the dogup.com news feature.

Current pet owners will be able to read about dog health for all of their pet worries, enjoy free photo sharing.

7 Comments:

  • I've been surfing this site and is really amazing, I truly recommend it to everyone who loves pets, and specially puppies

    By Anonymous Stella, at 1:20 PM, February 16, 2006  

  • Wonderful ... another site for puppy-millers to push their "product."

    By Anonymous Gina, at 4:09 PM, February 16, 2006  

  • Hey Gina, with respect to your background in pets, and in no defense of Dogup, I think the bigger problem is with these online classified sites. I touched on this regarding Live Deal. These guys are aware of puppy mills but don't care. They just want more ads.

    These sites are frequented by people who are unaware of the puppy mill problem. And that's the issue, lack of information.

    At least Dogup is a dog-focused site, and presumably has the opportunity to right a wrong by implementing and enforcing a policy to screen out puppy mills. So give them the opportunity before convicting them.

    By Blogger Steve, at 5:13 PM, February 16, 2006  

  • Gina,

    Note:
    We are a listing of breeders and private dog owners ONLY. Dogup.com promotes the recognition that small (at times BIG!) lives are not to be sold as ‘products’ on shelves. In an effort to deter Puppy Mills from using our site, the posting of more than two breeds per user will not be allowed.

    Source: Puppies. http://www.dogup.com/termsOfService.php

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:50 AM, February 17, 2006  

  • Sorry, but "private" breeders are often little better than puppy mills when it comes to responsible and reputable breeding. There's a woman who advertises Labradors on Craig's list -- six to eight litters a year, bred without consideration for health and temperament problems. It's her little "hobby business." Her dogs are family pets, but she does absolutely no screening of the parents --- hips, eyes, etc. -- before breeding. I roughly calculated her gross last year at in excess of $30K a year. Tax-free, by the way, since it's all cash under the table.

    Check out DogHobbyist.com, which actually sets standards that reputable breeders must meet before they're allowed to be listed.

    It's great that Dogup is going to discourage puppy-mills, but that's only part of the problem. Back-yard breeders are responsible for plenty of misery, not only over-population issues, but also such things as hip dysplasia, etc. Anyone who does Lab rescue in the same region as this "nice family breeder" has seen her dogs. -- Gina

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:32 AM, February 17, 2006  

  • A complicated problem to be sure. My breed rescue and breed forum members have found that sometimes breeder expectations, and rescue placement & inspection requirements are such that buyers simply make a bee-line for 'private breeders' that don't ask too many questions.

    Most pet shops that sell puppies always say the pups are from 'private' breeders, so the meaning of 'private' breeder is as misleading a sign of quality as are registration papers.

    As Steve pointed out, people who go shopping for puppies are often unaware of puppy mill issues. They shop as if they were buying a toaster, then realize too late they don't really want that dog. As well, since there is so much promotion in favor of rehoming unwanted dogs, many simply drop the dogs off and feel that the dog will get a loving home shortly. So messages that promote the rehoming of unwanted dogs are ironically part of the problem. (Mixed breeds are healthier, etc... argh!)

    That said, I'm with Gina too... I'm also rather pessimistic about the proliferation of yet more puppy sale sites, particularly if they do NOT also route readers through guidelines that also teach the buyer to screen the breeders. Screening suggestions should include questions to ask of the breeders - such as club affiliations, health screens of the past three generations of parent dogs (the breeder has selected well-bred dogs, not unscreened genetics from an irresponsible source), adherence to which type of code of ethics their breed club adheres, and other such important things.

    It's a mess.

    By Blogger Semavi Lady, at 6:49 PM, February 18, 2006  

  • There are many dog breeders sites out there, sometimes it is hard to tell the real ones from the fakes. We have a dog blog site you should check out.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:06 PM, February 27, 2006  

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