Post a TaskOkay, so maybe we didn’t pivot our entire business model to pioneer the Puppies as a Service space. Kobe got a little ahead of himself (ie, he didn’t get board approval) and April Fool’s Day was in the air, so we may have stretched the truth a bit in the press release we issued on Friday. But that doesn’t mean we aren’t the tech world’s first on-demand puppy delivery service.
Pedro, congrats on your awesome new family!
Matt H., a New York TaskPoster and dynamite dad to two young kids, issued a plea via Task for someone in his community to find his family the perfect dog. Sadly, the family’s previous dog passed away about a year ago. Matt knew they were ready to love another pup, and TaskRabbit Jill S. helped him find the perfect adult dog to rescue — a Welsh Springer Spaniel named Pedro.
It was a cold evening in February of 2008 … my husband, Kevin, and I were getting ready to go out to dinner in the South End. We were headed to Masa which has fantastic margaritas and southwest flair. We had already called a cab to come pick us up, when we realized we were out of dog food for our 100 lb yellow lab named Kobe. Having the cab stop on the way home would be a pain, and as we sat at the kitchen table, trying to come up with a plan for dog food, the idea for RunMyErrand.com was born. Kevin thought, “wouldn’t it be nice if there was some place online where we could post our need?”. We were certain that someone, probably even right in our own neighborhood could help. In the 5 minutes before the cab came to pick them up, I picked up my iPhone and searched for the domain “RunMyErrand.com” …. it was AVAILABLE! Serendipitous for sure! I bought the domain before the cab honked at our door, and over dinner that night we started creating the initial concept for RunMyErrand.
Over the weekend Kobe had a lovely little run-in with monsieur skunk. It was the first time in his (almost) 9 years of life that he’s gotten sprayed, and you have to imagine that we were quite surprised living in the city that this could happen here. That being said, we do live in this funky little burrow that is rampant with wild life such as raccoons, hawks, birds, and squirrels. Anyway, as soon as he walked in from his pre-bedtime outing, the odor was overwhelming. We immediately threw him into the tub and scoured the house for tomato juice to pour over him. Instead of tomato juice, all I could find was New England’s Best Bloody Mary Mix, homemade marinara sauce, and Ragu Traditional Old World Style spaghetti sauce. Not really the ideal trinity of deodorizing products. We dumped what we could onto his coat, but that skunk odor is just terrible to alleviate. Not to mention suffocating when you are trapped in a small bathroom, with a wet dog, and hot, steamy, skunky water. 
