PUP CULTURE Dig | The Dog Person?s Dating App ?Find someone you really dig.? DIGDATES Facebook : @DigDat es Tw it t er : @DigDat es In st agr am : @DigDat es Websit e: digdat es.com Pin t er est : / t h edogper son sdat in gapp
-------------------------------------BY: NEALIE SANCHEZ Editor-in-Chief -------------------------------------You can teach your dog to sit, stay and shake ? but what if you could teach your dog to find you love? The dating game has been changed forever by the transition from dating sites to dating apps. Tinder, Bumble, Hinge and other apps have made their way to the forefront of the dating scene. None of
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these dating apps had catered to the 55% of pet-owning U.S. singles until DigDates founders Casey and Leigh Isaacson built a dating app that ?connects dog people based on what?s most important to them.?
THEY DIG M E, THEY DIG M E NOT According to a news release, Leigh and Casey created Dig after being duped by fake dog lovers too many times. The final straw seemed to be when a relationship ended after a guy refused to let Casey?s dog Layla in his apartment. The two created the app to be a community of people who care deeply about dogs because ultimately for dog lovers none of the small talk or chemistry matters, ?If the people aren?t on the same page about the dog(s), they just aren?t compatible.?
?Our overall goal with Dig is to provide an easy, fun way to connect dog lovers who are looking to find more love in their life of the two legged variety,? Casey said in the release.
COUNTLESS CANINE CONNECTIONS Dig uses a simple interface to connect local singles who love dogs. Dogless dog lovers rejoice. There is no need to lie about having a dog to use the app. Users can search for singles with a dog or without a dog meaning even if you?re a dogless dog lover, you?ll still be able to find your soulmate on Dig (without posing with your neighbors pooch). ?The only reason [users] are here is because [they] have that commonality. We?re not reinventing the wheel here, there are plenty of apps to go swipe on
