This week I started working on issues that arise in the human-dog relationship, such as: separation anxiety, abandonment issues, abuse issues, pet psychology, etc. I wanted to understand what the underlying causes of the problems were. For this I found several YouTube videos where people explain the opportunities and difficulties they face with their dogs in their everyday life,Some people relieve separation anxiety by bonding with their dogs through play together, and some people reduce human-dog conflict by training their dogs to be obedient, e.g. (barking, defecating, destroying furniture, etc.)
As given that neither my group partner Siyu nor I have a pet dog live with us, it was important for us to observe and listen what people who have them had to say so I could explore design opportunities through listening to the users I want to design for.
After putting together all the research I had conducted so far, I worked with Siyu on some of the scenario drawings.
1. How can I help my dog/owner with separation anxiety?
2. After the death of a pet/owner?
3. How to improve pet behavioural problems so as to reduce abandonment and abuse?
Question：Some possible about how to build more human-dog bond?
Video sources：
Comments