Noah’s Dove, Gunshots, and Future Collars: AniMoWins Pilgrims Drift Between St. Louis, Hoppie’s, and Memphis 🕊️🐕⛽
- Aaron W. Wemple
- 19 hours ago
- 5 min read
Between Ports, Between Worlds
Leaving St. Louis, the 4Wins5 Mill glides into a long, uneasy stretch of river. To the south on the map are names that promise fuel and repairs—Hoppie’s Marina in Missouri, Mud Island and the Memphis Yacht Club downstream—but the AniMoWins Pilgrims aren’t sure yet where they’ll be welcomed or where the Land Gators are waiting.
For a moment, they talk about sending out a dove like Noah did—just to see if any friendly land is ready for Screen Angels and Stand Pets. But then the night splits with two different kinds of sound: sharp city gunshots behind them near St. Louis, and distant country shots echoing off the bluffs ahead. After what happened under the Clark Bridge with Sync, the cardinal, and the deer, nobody wants to risk another creature’s life just to test the waters.
Designing the Next Collars—With Help
So the crew does what they can from the safety of the deck. Around a lantern-lit table, they spread out sketches and photos people have been sending to the Rescue Reserve YouTube channel: new ideas for Stand Pet, Bionic Finns, and Screen Angel collars—thinner straps, softer colors, hidden glows, braille dots, and symbols kids can trace with their fingers while they think.
They realize something big: they’re not just designing gear anymore. They’re designing the future bio‑tech lifeforms—living, wearable interfaces that will carry scores, habits, and maybe even family equity for years to come.
So they invite the world in:
“If you have ideas for safer collars, smarter collars, or kinder collars,” Braveheart says, “visit our channel, watch the latest designs, and add your suggestions or drawings. And if you want to talk it through live, we’ve opened 10‑minute Eventbrite sessions to see whether there’s enough interest to develop Sync the Collar 2.0 at all.”
(Design Here: YouTube: Rescue Reserve channel & Eventbrite: ‘Sync the Collar: 10‑Minute DesignSessions’.)
New AniMoWins Pilgrims Questions the Answer from Screen Angel Cats and Stand Pet Dogs
Meanwhile, virtual meetings keep buzzing through the Wi‑Fi. From previous ports, Screen Angel cats and Stand Pet dogs (with their humans translating) log in via video calls, asking hard questions about the Digital Protector Coach (DPC) certification:
“If our collars might hold wearable scores—attention, mood, practice time—how do we keep that private?”
“If there’s going to be a small wallet in there—prepaid credits for coaching, or tiny bits of #NewGold for each successful Thera‑Nudge—who gets to see it?”
“Can a collar store data safely without becoming another surveillance device?”
The crew sketches a working idea:
Each collar will one day carry a tiny, secure wearable wallet—not just for money, but for little proof‑of‑practice marks: “I helped my human answer a robocall calmly,” “I nudged them off doomscrolling,” “We did 10 minutes of #NewGold play instead of 10 minutes of fight.” Only certified DPC coaches with a special app can scan these marks, and only with the family’s consent.
For now, it’s just a concept. It needs trials, ethics, and a lot of prayer. But it’s a start.
Seniors: After the Robocall
One of the first test cases comes from an older couple on a video call, sitting with their small terrier Stand Pet. They don’t care much about screen time; their problem is robocalls and fake “urgent” messages that make blood pressure spike.
The Pilgrims imagine a future protocol:
A DPC brings a collar to a senior’s home and slips it onto the pet.
Together, they practice: the phone rings (or a practice ring). If, and only if, the dog senses the human getting upset, scared, or angry, it gently intervenes—putting a paw on their knee, leaning close, or fetching the DPC.
After the call—real or practice—the senior pets the dog in gratitude. In that moment, a tiny bit of data‑as‑currency is logged in the collar: “Robocall transformed into connection.”
Later, the DPC can safely remove the collar, sync the anonymized data to a secure system, and get paid for helping turn fear into calm, without ever touching the person’s private AAC device or messages.
Children: Thera‑Nudges and Hidden Scores
For kids, the pattern looks similar but with different triggers. When signs of AI addiction show up—zombie scroll, hunched shoulders, flat eyes—the Stand Pet gives a Thera‑Nudge. Each positive response (“I put the screen down,” “I did one Selfies Wellness practice”) becomes a tiny, wearable score mark inside the collar.
Not a public scoreboard. Not a grade. More like a secret, shared journal between the child, the pet, and the DPC—something that can help them say, “Look at all the times we chose nourishment instead of malnourished scrolling this month.”
Every design meeting ends the same way: with the reminder that collars must be safe, private, and exclusive—just between the pair (or family) and their trusted coach.
Sandwich Parents & the New Economy of Care
Then there are the sandwich parents—caring for both kids and aging relatives. They tell the Pilgrims:
“We want to pay DPCs fairly. We also need caps so we don’t drown in fees.”
So the crew sketches out a future collar‑based economy:
Families preload practice credits (cash or #NewGold) onto the collar.
DPCs earn credits when verified practices are completed (not just when time is billed).
Caps and safeguards prevent anyone from over‑charging or stealing.
Behind the scenes, new tools—maybe something like a “MyMAH” (My Mental & Animal Health) credit system—record how much genuine, nourishing care is happening in a home, without ever showing up in a courtroom ledger.
This is still science fiction on a riverboat. But every river system, every law system, started as lines on a map once too.
Open Call: Can Your Pet Help Design What Comes Next?
As the 4Wins5 Mill drifts between Hoppie’s Marina and Memphis, the crew knows one thing for sure: they can’t build this future alone. So they send out a simple message ahead to the river towns, churches, senior centers, and online:
“Don’t fully trust tech, but do you trust your pet? Could your dog be a Stand Pet or Screen Angel in training? Do you want to become a Screen Doctor (DPC) who helps pets protect kids from screen addictions and families from robocall fear? Are you a senior, parent, or counselor who has ideas about what a truly safe collar should look and feel like?”
Apply now at RescueReserve.org. Watch design sessions on the Rescue Reserve YouTube channel. Grab a 10‑minute Eventbrite slot if you want to speak voice‑to‑voice before the next port decides whether Screen Angels are welcome.
The map ahead still shows Hoppie’s, Mud Island, and Memphis Yacht Club as simple names on paper. But somewhere out there, the Pilgrims believe, is a town where gunshots are quieter than laughter, Land Gators are willing to listen, and a new kind of collar can finally be tested without costing any more animals—or families—their peace.
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