Since day one, Dogster and Catster have gotten phenominal press. It’s not page one news, but around the world reporters are constantly interested to understand and share the phenomena of how the love of pets has moved onto the internet. As business entrepreneurs the recent articles about our model and growth in Forbes and the Wall Street Journal have been extremely rewarding but as community facilitators the recent articles in the Boston Globe and Frederickburg’s Free Lance-Star take the cake.

The new articles take a much deeper look at the rewards and joys our members get. They seek not just to describe the phenomena, but to reveal the reasons why people come to the sites and the benefits and pleasures using them offers.

From the Free Lance-Star:

“The Dogster site is a break from the daily grind with the twins,” she said. “It is a way to communicate with others who are dog-lovers.”

From the Boston Globe:

”People want to connect with people that they know have common interests,” she said. ”It’s easy to bond with someone who has a dog. . . . It’s nice to have that already common connection with people.”

[Image gratefully used from Free Lance-Star]