The Telegraph Newspaper publishes a report about a company in the United States called "Flexpetz", a "rent-a-dog" company seeing its success building upward.

The convenience of Flexpetz is that at the end of day, they'll come to your house and pick up the pet, rather than you having to return it.

The article goes on to explore the opposing opinion pet sharing, suggesting that it's horrible for the dog...

But Paula Greaves, founder of the animal helpline Pet Search UK, gets hot under the collar at the whole idea of dog sharing. 'Sharing a pet is a terrible idea,' she says. 'If you can't commit properly to a pet as part of your family, you shouldn't have one. Dogs have loyalties, feelings and pine for people. It just won't work to try and share your dog with a lady up the road.'

I think it's actually wonderful idea.

So many perfectly healthy and adoptable dogs are being killed by organizations like PETA and government run shelters, for no other reason that they don't want to commit money to keeping them alive. The "rent-a-pet" is actually a humane endeavor; dogs that would otherwise be euthanized, have a chance at life.

And in fact that's where Flexpetz gets their dogs, from shelters.

There are so many people who can't commit themselves to a dog, and this is way for unwanted dogs to be wanted. The "rent-a-dog" solution can give shelter dogs a new lease on life, give some companionship to someone, and generate some taxable commerce.

It's a win-win-win all around.

Labels: Pet Rentals

I guess in Japan, you can just rent a dog, instead of buying one.

The Telegraph, a British newspaper, lists the prices of pet rentals, from dogs, to cats, hamsters, turtles, and others.

You can rent a dog for a day, for about $97.56 USD, or for a week for $371.69...

Customers are provided with a small bag containing cleaning materials for cleaning up dog mess, as well as a drinking bowl for water. All food fed to the animals must be purchased from the store.

I guess it's one way to get some quick friendship without the committment.

Source: The Telegraph

Labels: Pet Rentals