Feeling O'Canine (Interior Major Project) | Page 7

1. INTRODUCTION
Figure 5: Rover dog sitting
service. (Murphy, F. (n.d).
The design will be funded by a com¬bination of a care service when an owner needs it.
paid subscriptions and funding from the client, Some of the funding will come from the company
ROVER UK. Rover is and American company that sponsor More Than Pet Insurance, the same
operates online, allowing users to buy or sell the company who funded the art exhibition for dogs as
following pet care services.
an attempt to encourage more play for dogs as well
- Dog boarding
as increased interaction with other dogs and their
- House Sitting
owners to benefit their mental health and reduce
- Drop in Visits
the issue of separation anxiety in dogs.
- Doggy Day Care
- Dog Walking
Users of the space will pay a small subscription
fee a month and pay further for overnight stays,
Founded in 2011 in Seattle; after be¬ing Presented private training sessions or therapy sessions as
at the ‘Startup Week¬end Contest’ and winning, well as the option to rent spaces out for events,
the bro¬ker service was estimated in 2016 to be classes or meetings.
valued a $300 million. The com¬pany have been
working to battle mental illnesses in pets one of
their methods being aiming to make all UK pubs
dog friendly to lessen the amount of time dogs
are left alone. This is one of the main concepts of
Feeling O-canine, combining human mental health
with the care of dog’s mental health and providing 7