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"If your friend tells you she&amp;#039;s come across a real dog on the dating app Tinder recently, she may not be referring to some poor, hapless guy. Though posting pics with pups to lure fellow dog lovers is a popular ploy on Tinder, as of earlier this month, dogs actually have their own profiles to find them a loving home. A group of marketing interns at creative brand services agency, The Barn, initiated the campaign in association with New York City&amp;#039;s East Village\u2013based rescue organization, Social Tees. The goal: to reduce the growing number of abandoned dogs in the Big Apple. Pooch profiles come with all the vital information\u2014name, age, breed, etc.\u2014and a clever quote or two. One pup asks: &amp;quot;Your doghouse or mine?&amp;quot; while another&amp;#039;s profile reads &amp;quot;11 months old. Pit mix. Fetch fanatic. Adores snuggling up and falling asleep on the couch. Ready to go home with the luckiest animal lover in town.&amp;quot; The hookup app, developed in 2012, gives its users the opportunity to swipe left on pictures of people\u2014and now dogs\u2014to indicate interest in getting to know them. If your preference matches with another&amp;#039;s, you then have the option to begin a conversation and see where it leads you. If you realize you&amp;#039;re barking up the wrong tree, you resume swiping. But unlike with human-only interactions, regardless of your charm, no cute canine is going to venture out to a bar to meet you on a Friday night. Once you match with your potential new pup, you receive a message that refers you to the shelter where the abandoned dog is housed, and head there to formally adopt. Just as with dating, your canine connection doesn&amp;#039;t have to be a long-term thing. Social Tees is also giving users the option to foster a dog for a couple of weeks. Within just a week, the 10 dogs they&amp;#039;ve posted to the hookup app have garnered 2,700 matches! So if you&amp;#039;re having a ruff time finding a date on Tinder, maybe it&amp;#039;s time to start swiping for an adorable pooch on the prowl for a home. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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