Wag's dog walkers are secretly rating your precious pet
for dogs running away or, in rare cases, dying in its care. The company's new rate-your-walk feature could be a salve, helping walkers alert Wag to issues before something goes really wrong.
"... The walkers and the pet parents need to feel like they're getting the kind of attention, care, and thoughtfulness that they deserve."Wag's dog ratings might not be the slippery slope that sends us into the feared "social credit" systems of dystopian movies . But if a social credit system were ever to take root in the US, it's a sign that you can probably expect your pet to be rated too.At the end of a dog walk, the walker answers a series of prompts.
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