Air B and...Pee? Sniff Spot allows dog owners to rent people's yards! Genius!

When David Adams' girlfriend traveled with her dog, she had an issue: The dog only liked to pee in yards. Adams, who had previously build a site for people looking for short-term apartment rentals, had an idea: What if there where people could rent... yards? So, he built SniffSpot.com , which allows people to rent out their fenced-in outdoor spaces to dogs, hourly. Annie and David discuss how this innovative service may revolutionize the way dogs are able to exercise and socialize. Learn more at SniffSpot.com . Like this episode! Please leave a review on iTunes ! Support School For The Dogs by shopping at storeforthedogs.com Download our new app to join the conversation at http://schoolforthedogs.com/community Special thanks to Bill and Lizzie of Toast Garden for creating our Season Three intro song! Find them on Youtube.com/toastgarden --- Partial Transcript: Annie: All right, David. Thanks for being here. Why don’t you just go ahead and tell me about yourself and your really interesting business. David Adams: Yeah, yeah, definitely. Thanks for having me. So Sniff Spot, maybe I’ll start by telling you how it came about and I can talk about it a little bit. Annie: And if you don’t mind, tell me your full name and where you’re based. David: Yes. So my full name is David Adams and I’m currently living in Boston. Annie: Okay. And Sniff Spot. Is Sniff Spot your baby? David: Yes. Yes. One of them, one of them. Annie: Oh, okay. Well, are there other babies that we’re going to need to know about? David: There are other babies, there are two fur babies named Soba and Toshi, and they came before Sniff Spot and they actually inspired Sniff Spot. Annie: So what is Sniff Spot for those who don’t know? David: Yeah. So Sniff Spot is Airbnb for dog parks. The idea is that anyone can offer their land or their yard as a safe and private space for dogs to play. And people that have dogs can book hourly for private time with their dogs, for exercise, training, whatever they want. Annie: That’s such an interesting idea. So when did you first come up with this idea and tell me about its evolution David: Yeah, so I was living in Seattle at the time. And I had just met this wonderful woman who is now my wife and I had my dog Soba and she had her dog Toshi. And I was going around to dog parks with Soba. I was a first time dog owner and just kept having bad experiences. Soba is high energy, she’s a lab pit mix. And I needed to exercise her, but dog parks, you know, there were dogs there she didn’t get along with. They felt dirty and not hygienic. So I was feeling dissatisfied. Full Transcript available at SchoolfortheDogs.com/Podcast Get full access to Don't Be a Dick to Your Dog at dogtraining.substack.com/subscribe