Americans today have more leisure time than at any other period in history. We now enjoy roughly the same amount of free time as dogs do (96.7% of a typical day), and some of us are closing in on cats (99.6%) and the French (102.4%).
Although our furry friends (here we are NOT referring to the French) have, for generations, proven themselves perfectly capable of filling all this free time with mindless activity, certain forward-thinking individuals posit that they might be tired of wasting time in the same old, time-honored dog and cat ways. This mindless activity, they say, should be brought into the 21st century.
We are talking apps here. Apps specifically designed for dogs and cats. And why not? What do cats and dogs do all day that wouldn't be enhanced by doing it on a several-hundred-dollar piece of technology? Cats already know how to swipe; put a virtual fly on the screen and let them go at it. Dogs bark at anything (and nothing) -- why not a one- or two-inch mailman?
So far, says one individual whose dog has tried several apps for iPad, "none of the activities have been real useful. But then, most of MY activities on the iPad aren't real useful, either."
While the fuzzy among us learn to waste time in high-tech mode, perhaps we should take some tips from THEM and spend our free moments just relaxing...sleeping in a shaft of sunlight, say, or romping and chasing sticks, or licking...um, never mind. Maybe some things just aren't meant to cross species.
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