December 31, 2020 Changes, challenges: The not-so-secret life of pandemic pets . by Dan Sewell Olivia Hinerfeld's dog Lincoln and Kate Hilts' cat Potato have something in common: They both like to interrupt Zoom calls as their owners work from home. "Sometimes it's better to preemptively put him on your lap so he can fall asleep," says Hilts, a digital consultant in the Washington D.C. area. Jealous of the attention that Hinerfeld is paying to her video conference call...