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Jodi Anderson is a dog trainer and author of THE LATCHKEY DOG, who has founded HowIMetMyDog.com, a well-designed human/canine matching algorithm, so good that Dr. Nick Dodman’s Center for Canine Behavior Studies is partnering with the website to move adopters (and purchasers) toward choosing a dog based on compatibilities of basic lifestyle and personality, not breed or looks, so that these relationships last for a lifetime.

For Maryjane Cusack, her dog Bella is much more than a four legged friend. "I have PTSD and when I get down, I really get way down," she explained. "Sometimes you feel like you can't come out of it." But she says Bella gives her a reason to get up in the morning.

A website called How I Met My Dog is helping people find the perfect pet for them by using personalized profiles for both humans and canines.

People looking for the perfect family pet tend to choose a dog based on appearance or breed - but that's barking up the wrong tree. "If you think they're cute, you bring them home," said Jodi Anderson, a dog trainer and author. That's why Andersen, along with MaryAnn Zeman and Sharon Mosse, founded the new online business How I Met My Dog.

Internet dating has worked out pretty well for Jodi Andersen, who met her husband online. Now Andersen has found a new dog: Finn, a lean and stately Weimaraner. She tracked him down on the Internet too. But this time Andersen used a new Internet service, How I Met My Dog, that she helped to build and is launching in New England.