Will the Bark Be Worse Than the Bite with Dog Parker [e243]

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The guys end the week by talking about the New York startup Dog Parkerthat allows owners to leave their dogs in fancy cages. They also discuss the treats surrounding the company's longevity. Full Podcast Transcript NASIR: Welcome to our podcast where we cover business in the news and add our legal twist to that news. My name is Nasir Pasha and we’re welcoming our co-host, the dog whisperer of San Diego, California. MATT: Yeah, Matt Staub. I wish I was a dog whisperer. It’d be cool. NASIR: We just have to whisper to a dog. That’s it. MATT: But, yeah, if I knew what my dog was thinking at all times, it would just be nonsense. NASIR: Yeah, I would assume so. I mean, they’re smart animals but, at the end, they’re still just an animal. I really do sometimes wish I can talk to animals. Those faces seem to present so much personality yet they still do the dumbest animalistic things, you know? MATT: Yeah. You said it. I mean, dogs are pretty smart but my dog still does the same stupid mistakes all the time. It’s like he never learns. NASIR: Yeah. MATT: I mean, he can do really smart things but he also just does the dumbest things every single day. Like, every day. NASIR: It’s like we’re impressed but, at the same time, we’re still disappointed as if we’re expecting something more, you know. MATT: It’s my training perhaps. NASIR: Yeah. MATT: I don’t know how I feel about this business. You were the one that told me about it. NASIR: I didn’t find it. MATT: Yeah. Well, Chris was the one who found it, right? We’ll give her credit. NASIR: Yeah. MATT: I liked the idea in theory because I have thought about this before but then I kind of watched the video and it was a little bit sad almost and then I started reading comments on other people’s stories on it and it was such a backlash that I flipped back to where I was originally and was for it. NASIR: You’re saying the protestors, the negative response made you more positive for it. MATT: Yeah, and I’ll get into why later so just remind me but let me explain what this is first. NASIR: Yeah, explain what it is. MATT: We’ll link it because you’ll see the video and so it’s not just some dungeon that this is but basically I believe it’s only in Brooklyn right now – or at least in NYC – and it is I don’t want to call it a kennel but it’s basically a very nice cage – or not even a cage but an enclosed area – kind of like a locker but with a window. NASIR: It’s like a box. I would say a metal box with a vertical window with some holes in it. MATT: Yeah. NASIR: And I think there’s holes all around, right? MATT: Yeah, there’s holes in it so the dogs can breathe. Well, I guess it doesn’t even have to be just dogs. It doesn’t say. But, yeah, it’s basically, let’s say you’re going to the store and you have your dog with you, instead of tying the dog up outside and going in, this would allow you to take your card, get access in, the dog goes in there, they’re locked in there until you come back out and get the dog. You know, they’ve apparently worked on a bunch of things to make it operate well with the holes in it so they can breathe and I guess they don’t do it if it’s below a certain temperature or above a certain temperature – the extreme ones. There’s a whole bunch of other things but I liked this concept because I’ve taken my dog by myself before and had to go in somewhere. I’m just worried that someone’s going to steal my dog or do something stupid. I’m just over-concerned about it so I guess this is one way to prevent that. But, like I said, after I watched the video, I guess the dog would sit there anyways and look like that, all sad, but it’s kind of they’re just locked in this box and I can see dogs really freaking out – you know, if they weren’t used to something like this. Here’s the thing. Kids go up, they’re going to tap on the glass, but then kids are going to go up and pet dogs, too. NASIR: They may be more inclined if it’s indoors. Like,