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Fred and Wilma adopted a five year old Golden Retriever, Dino, a few months back. Dino is very active and hates staying indoors. Fred and Wilma generally take Dino out for a walk every evening after they get home from work. It's tough to keep Dino on a leash as he keeps running around trying to meet other dogs. Fred says "We meet other dogs and dog-owners when we go to the park but often need to coordinate with them to make sure we meet."  Recently, while on one such walk, Dino was bitten while playing around with another dog was bitten and had to get stitches and a cone, which he finds very annoying. Ever since this altercation, Fred and Wilma , being recent dog-owners, are very apprehensive about letting Dino off the leash and interacting with other dogs.

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Betty has had 7 year olds, Fido and Dido, for more than 5 years. She makes sure both of them are exercised exercise daily. Fido and Dido are generally let out to play in the backyard everyday. Betty enjoys taking them out of the house. She remarks "In the summer there is an underground pool that the dogs enjoy swimming in. 
Usually 4-5 times a week they are taken down to a meadow down the street where they can run and play. A few times a year the dogs are taken on hunting trips as well.". Betty feels that Fido and Dido are lucky to have each other to play with, since it is not easy to find other dogs. Betty isn't very comfortable letting them play with other dogs, since she is concerned about their cleanliness. 

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• Size and Nature of the dog is vital to the interactions dog owners permit. People who owns a small dog are less willing to let his their dog socialize.
• The only way dogs interact with other dogs is if the the owners know each other.
• Dog owners are concerned about other dogs' friendliness when considering dog activities.

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• As what we observed and interviews, dog owners strongly needs a platform to communicate with other dog owners
• Dog owners care much owner's concern about other dogs' friendliness and cleanliness , which can be collected and shown in our User Interface

People who are interested in dogs

• Many people want to own a dog, but they do not have any experience about it. The best way is to communicate with some experienced dog owners.
• For people who like dogs, they would be able to know and attend the dog social activities that publicized in our User Interfacesometimes prevents them from having their dogs meet other dogs

Needs & Goals

• An easy way for a new user to create an account for himself and his dog 
• Enable the users to describe their dogs, including uploading pictures
• Allow users to set up activities and invites meetup with each other and/or create activities for others to joinEach user can sign up to join and discuss in the blogs in our User Interface
• A way for users to verify certain characteristics about a dog (cleanliness, friendliness etc.)