An aunt of mine once told me that someone could make a fortune selling ear deodorant with a clever marketing campaign to convince everyone that their ears smell. That’s probably true, because all that’s required to sell anything is to convince people that they have a great need for it. This may be what’s going on with a number of products in the dog world that seek to address the need to keep dogs occupied constantly when they are left at home alone.
With marketing phrases like “robot companion”, “you will never have to truly leave your dog again”, “keep your dog entertained for hours” and “you can leave the house with peace of mind” there is a whole class of high-tech costly toys being sold as the solution to the problem of leaving our dogs home alone. However, I’m not buying either this idea that dogs home alone is necessarily a problem, or the products that claim to be essential for such dogs.
via Whisker Therapy