A Dog for a Day?

You can rent them out as tools like guard dogs but not as pets,

Ya I can see were taking a dog on a outing or a long walk through the parl and a l;ittle game of fetch the ball would just destory a dogs mental health, much better to put stray dogs to sleep to keep them from the above abuse of a walk in the park for a few hours!

They rent dogs as guard dogs for stores and malls, cops use them, for all kinds of dirty jobs that can get them hurt of killed, the post office and the DEA use them as tools! They use them for resurch and to do harmful tests on. Also they rent horses and use them for law enforcment and to make glue out of! Look what we do to cows! But this, dog rental is a GREAT THING and they want to stop this and keep useing the animals as they please (just like they do to us!) But we want to use them in a kind and wonderful way and they won't have that, they would rather put the dogs to sleep!

I say if someone is willing to pay $99.00 a month and $45.00 a day that this is a person that wants
the enjoyment of a pet very much and I would think they would take better care of the dog then most
full time dog owners and how great for the dog to get to go on outings and not locked in the yard or house all the time. Someone should rent out or law makers to another soler system or better yet to a super black hole way out in deep space, that's were there thinking is!!! Why do all the worst A Hol s want to be the ones in charge, don't any good people ever get elected to office!

Ok...I just read the blog, www.runningthepack.com/blog?p=60.....forget what I said about ...great entrepeneurial spirit....just another money making scheemer....oh well.

Get a grip people; it's a dog...not a human! This is yet another radical move by the liberals known as PETA to shut down a great idea. There is nothing shady about this. You can't tell me that a dog would be better off with an owner that is only home once a week/month and has to keep the dog locked up all the time. The dogs are getting rescued, shown attention and being cared for. Governments have no right in outlawing the idea of "Pet Rental," and to think so is pure absurdity! This is simply unbelievable!

Sounds like the owners of this operation are pretty shady. Chekc out this link for more on them www.runningthepack.blg?p=60

There'sa some pretty odd stuff out there about the people who run this business... check out www.runningthepack.com/blog?p=60

Seems like this guy Brodie has got his hands in ALOT of stuff

Sounds a bit like "pet prostitution" to me. All the perks with no consideration of the life life they are using. Glad that it is being dealt with. Try a day a month volunteering at a shelter walking dogs instead. It's free and you and the animal would feel better for it

A better solution for those who cannot commit to full-time pet ownership, but who still enjoy time with pets is to volunteer at a local animal shelter. Animals there thrive on human interaction and are emotionally enriched by the volunteers. With a pet rental, the human is profiting emotionally, but when time is donated to a displaced animal both animal and human can benefit.

Just to clarify I support any cause that enables the little guy an upper hand. I also try to do it without bashing others, because that behavior does nothing to generate a sense of brotherhood or goodwill.

You know I was going to say something, but it won't matter anyways because you all are arguing and no one is going to read ten pages of bickering from so called adults. What the hell people... can't we all support our own causes without someone else coming along and screaming that THIS ONE IS MORE IMPORTANT? One needs to support animals... God's smaller creatures... the other children... God's other smaller creatures. Don't you see that you are all supporting the SAME cause, just in your own way? What if I want to support veteran's rights, does that make me wrong for not being on the exact same page?

FlexPetz is one of the dumbest and most inhumane creations I have ever heard of. Anyone who truly understands animal psychology knows that animals have feelings and complex emotions. Just because they cannot stand up on two legs and speak english to you doesn't mean that their well being and feelings should not be taken into consideration. Everything in this damn country is based on profit and stupidity. For the rich folks who want to rent a pet because they don't feel that they have the time to adopt or purchase one, guess what? You've already answered your own question: you don't have the time to care for a dog. Go get a hobby or buy a fitness membership and be done with it. Seriously.

In response to why people don't just volunteer at shelters:
Many people cannot stomach the idea of spending time in a shelter, playing with a healthy dog only to return next week to find that that cute, wonderful, frolicking dog was murdered because someone couldn't give it a home. Yes, shelters need volunteers, however people who are trying to be responsible and not take an impulse pet may not be able to cope with the idea that they could have saved that and 30 other dogs' lives if they had just taken it home...
A method that I used when I lived in this situation (I now have 2 dogs), was that I volunteered for the local SPCA as a foster parent. I would take a pet into my home that needed socializing, or to recover from kennel cough, or my favorite dog was a cattle dog recovering from a hit and run and full hip replacements. I was able to take these pets home with me, nurse them, help them, then re-home them (I always chose the homes) and to this day stay in touch with many of them. It was very satisfying, but again... you need a place that accepts pets.
As obsessed as I am with pets, I've never volunteered inside the shelter, as I knew the result would be severe depression, a deeper hatred for humanity, and me with 50 pets. I am not saying people shouldn't help at the shelter, but this is a reason why people resist this method of animal contact.

I think there are some issues here that need to be worked out, but the concept of pet rental may not be a bad one. Pets who have been rescued or adopted from kill shelters are offered a primary home, and then allowed to be "baby-sat" by people who are at least responsible enough not to impulsively buy a puppy only to find that they cannot provide adequate time for the pet, in which case the pet is thrown back into the system. I think that this could be a healthy resource for people who want to find out what pet ownership can be like, if they find it overwhelming then the animal they rented goes back to its primary home (foster home) and it continues to go on play dates with other strangers.
While this needs to be closely regulated, and pets need to have retirement plans, I honestly think this could be a healthy alternative to the impulse pet purchase or adoptions. As a dog trainer, I see too many people who have pets they never ever should have taken on. On the same token some dogs may not be suited for this kind of work, dogs who are clingy or insecure should not be in the program. Other dogs do not care who they are with, as long as someone is playing with them, hugging them, talking to them, and in general hanging out with them. Some dogs would love nothing more in this world than to have this job where they get to be adored by new people everyday. Perhaps one of those people will be in a better position to adopt "Fido" in 5 years for his retirement gift. :)

My ex-husband and I share joint custody of a dog who goes back and forth between households with our children. Sometimes she goes back and forth without the children, who sometimes stay out of town with other family members for weeks and months at a time. I don't think that the dog suffers any emotional trauma from being with different owners at different times. She is healthy and happy and always excited to see everyone when she gets to each home. Of course, many other dogs, and children, live this way, as well. And some pets live this way in families without children. So, if it is really emotionally traumatic for pets to have multiple caretakers, then shouldn't joint custody of them be outlawed, as well? What about dogs who stay in dog care centers or with other family members frequently when they have owners who travel a lot? Should that be against the law, too? And, for that matter, what about the children? If having multiple caretakers is traumatic for a dog, then what about a young child? Shouldn't joint custody be outlawed for them, as well? Or, maybe the foster care system should be outlawed. I mean, really, the reasoning that this is traumatic for pets opens a huge can of worms as far as what is currently legal in many areas, and questions what is really required for emotional stability in a living creature. I think that the lawmakers need to re-think this, and gather some solid evidence that these animals really are traumatized, before they go off making laws like this agains what could be a really great thing for a lot of pets and a lot of people.

Well here's the deal a pet is just as special as any person. Most shelters are there to function as the animal equivalent of "good" foster parents. These often times underfunded places do their best to help these animals when they have nothing else. This pet rental system is simply a way for people who are either too lazy or too full of themselves to care about animals and their feelings. I have lived with dogs and other animals all my life and I know and see the pain that is caused when I leave for even an hour. Now imagine going to a house and then a day or even hours later wisked away to a new place and new people to meet. At first, this is ok it is no different then a pet shop. However, this persists for weeks and then months and then years and you as a person or a pet become emotionally drained and have nothing. No love, no home, nothing! So, before you think of the unfortunate people who have a choice thinj of the poor unfortunate pet who is caught up in all of this.