Secret Life of Real Pets
By Andy Newman
Published on the NYtimes.com, July 22, 2016
Published in The New York Times print edition, July 24, 2016
(Brooklyn Bunny excerpt)
Others, like Kevin Dresser, find the sight of a bored animal disconcerting. Mr. Dresser, a pet-reality TV pioneer, ran a popular webcam called Bklyn Bunny starring Roebling, a white buck with a stylish black eyepatch, from 2005 until Roebling’s death last year.
“When we would be out to dinner with friends or somewhere traveling around the city and we would check in, it would be nice to know that he was there,” Mr. Dresser, a graphic designer, said. "But sometimes it would make you a little sad because you think ‘I should be at home with him.’ ” Especially around Oaty Time.
“At 10 o’clock every night, we would give Roebling a bowl of oats,” Mr. Dresser said. “So around 10 o’clock he would go sit by his oat dish and wait. If we weren’t home, we would get emails from people, ‘Hey, looks like Roebling is ready for his oats.’ ”
“These camera companies talk about how great it is to be able to see your dog while you’re at work, but there is some kind of gloominess about it,” he added. “There’s your dog, sitting in the corner, and no one’s at home with him.”
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