Dogs of Instagram SG

So… I’ve been posting photos of Mango on my personal Instagram account for some time, and realised there’s actually many dogs in Sg with their own accounts. So sometime in May, I created Mango’s own Instagram account. Suddenly there’s an influx of dogs from Sg following Mango and vice versa. Such an interesting community! I was quite amazed by how everyone knew everyone else too. And so many outings!

At one point of time I realised I might not be following everyone. Or say capturing everyone in the widespread Instagram web of dogs in sg.

I’ve always been trying to keep track of dog events in here where you can bring dogs too. Missed quite a few because I didn’t know enough people who actually bothered to attend such things. Also been part of a Shetland Sheepdog group on fb for awhile, and I’ve never actually attending a single gathering. The gatherings were few and far between with not many attendees.

But the Instagram group seem to be more on the ball with gatherings/events! Doesn’t matter the breed of dog, as long as your dog is friendly (maybe humans are friendly too) and willing to meet up, who cares about the breed, right? This community seem perfect (because everyone tries to attend gatherings/events)!

So to find a way to get everyone together…..! *brainstorm* Also, partly because I started using the direct message function on Instagram and the messages got too many when trying to arrange for meetups so I got quite irritated. Fb message is way easier to manage (on phone and computer).

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Facebook Group is born!

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Pros:

Make announcements easily (as compared to announcing through Insta when not everyone is following everyone)
Add events visible to members only
Message owners easily
Posts won’t disappear in the swarm of Insta posts

Cons:

Not everyone has a fb account
Some owners want to remain anonymous

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 http://instagram.com/p/qyzdf0pzU9

So with a fb group born, someone has got to manage it, right? Roped in a few friends (weliveinaflat and somewhitecookie) from Insta and tadah! We make the admin group. Since we’re new to this, we try to slowly tweak all the rules and stuff over time.

Also, we came up with photo themes! You can always refer to the Instagram account for DogsOfInstaSG for the latest theme. And weliveinaflat managed to source for sponsors for a small gift to the winner of the theme! It’s fun!! Join us join us!! And don’t we love challenges? 9 entries (including the winner) will also be featured after the theme closes!

Here are some themes so far…

http://instagram.com/p/qQMXc8JzSQ
Theme 1: #sgdogsfirstdayhome

http://instagram.com/p/q1ktVapzbn
Theme 2: #sgdogsnationalday

http://instagram.com/p/rYtvp_JzaI
Theme 3: #sgdogsfurfriends

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Your friendly admins.

So far, through this, I’ve made more friends with dogs. And last year I was musing that Mango didn’t have enough friends. Now he has so many! I’ve also attended Cookie’s birthday party, met up with some at the dog run for a picnic, got invited to another party we couldn’t attend, gone on some walks together, learnt about making homemade treats from people, gone to The Green Corridor for the 2nd time with more dogs, gone swimming with them at Sentosa and now we’re planning our own private events! And all these in the span of 2months? How cool is that?

It does also help that most of the InstaDogs are quite the social people, and their dogs mostly well-socialised and well-behaved. For dogs that are not, we try to help by meeting up and acting as a socialisation group. And we share ideas and information regarding training. So far, it’s been a pretty good journey. Hope it stays that way!

Join us!

Dogs of Instagram SG Facebook Group