As any desperate pick up artist will tell you, there are few better ways of meeting the opposite sex than getting a dog. Combine that with the digital dating wonders of Tinder and there really should be no stopping you.

Such, anyway, is the appeal of Tindog, an app we barely need to explain is a Tinder for dogs, allowing dogs and their owners to make new special friends.

Just sign up, create a profile for your hound, then swipe right in the time-honoured fashion to find canine buddies for Fido. Get a Tindog match and you can start chatting, swapping doggy pics and – hey, why not ?- even arrange a meet up.

It could be the start of something beautiful. And hair-laden.