A Dog for a Day?

Money is definite

There are hundreds of organizations from Maine to California which would love to have these pet renters as volunteers and contributers. For free, you get the right to walk, groom, pet into a purring frenzy all the cats and dogs you could ever want! Call up the Helen Woodward Center or Rescue House in CA and volunteer to play with these lovely animals until they find their forever homes. Then, you can donate that nearly $100/month you were spending to rent a pet! :-)

Anybody who feels the need to spend time with a dog need only go volunteer at their local animal shelter. There are plenty of dogs that need walks, baths, brushing or just play time with someone who is happy to give them some attention and the shelter does not charge you for the priviledge.

There are many organizations, such as Helen Woodward Center in CA, which would welcome these pet renters as volunteers who socialize the dogs or cats up for adoption. In every community, there are non-profits which rescue dogs, cats, horses, etc. which need pet loving people to help them work with these animals until they find their forever homes--and it doesn't cost nearly $100/month to do so! Matke that your donation to Rescue House or Helen Woodward, you pet renters! :--)

Banning pet rentals is ridiculous and the result of the coordinated effort of animal rights extremists. PETA is against ANY use of animals and works to end any and all animal use. This is just one more step in the process. They say pet rentals is harmfull, yet the act gives dogs an incredible chance to socialize with so many people making them calm and well adjusted. As opposed to dead; which is what would happen to them if they could not be adopted.

Dog Renting?!?!?! How absolutely immoral and cruel! Dogs have feelings just as people do.The only difference is that it's harder to tell how unhappy a dog is. They can tell you, however if you don't spend the quality amount of time as a pet owner does...the harder it is to see. What's next, renting children out to couples that aren't quite sure if they're "ready for the responsibility yet"? I am so completely ashamed that our government would give these people the permits needed to start this business. I feel for these animals and just want to cry for them. You could hear ME right? I'm speaking for these dogs in saying..."What have I done to deserve no love? Why am I being tossed around? Don't you care about me? Shame on you people! I hope they pull your business license and outlaw this injustice.

this is absolutely disgusting and cruel. it amazes me that some people in this world could really take advantage of animals as sweet and as loyal as dogs for their own personal gain. now that the owner of this business has decided to move operations out of the US and London, she can get away with far crueler acts in other countries where animal rights aren't a high priority. this kind of behavior is also what causes stress and anxiety disorders in animals that are eventually put down because they are deemed too difficult to handle. i can't believe humans can be so cruel.

Pet renting- Please, what next. When are people going to stop using animals as if they are objects and either have a pet for keeps, or don't have one. If you can't have one because of your job or whatever, then yes that might be sad, but tough. No-one made you have a job that meant you couldn't keep pets so don't put a dog through stress and a yo yo lifestyle just to feed YOUR emotional needs. If you want one THAT desperately, get another job for gods sake!!!!

I, also, am appalled by this pet "renting" business. I am a student, and right now I am doing a summer internship in Indianapolis. I am from a Chicago suburb, and I also attend school near there. I could not bring my dog with me for the summer unfortunatly, and my fiance works full-time. So, this summer, my dog has been moving from home to home depending on who has time to take care and watch her. My fiance and I are very responsible with her, and I don't like her being left alone for more than a couple hours so on days that he goes into his office (instead of telecommuting from home) he takes her to be "dog-sat" by one of our parents. And sadly, right now, I can first-hand see how shifting my dog back-and-forth from my parent's house, my in-laws house, and me and my fiance's house is affecting my dog. And she knows all these people very well! These are not numerous strangers "renting" her to have fun with. She seems more distant and not as happy-go-lucky as she usually is. Luckily, I am done with this internship in one week, and I can be back at home, and have her with me everyday in the place that she knows as her home.

And to ginasand - if you don't like animals, that's fine. But do not criticize others for how we feel. Sometimes my dog has more personality and smarts than some humans.

I, also, am appalled by this pet "renting" business. I am a student, and right now I am doing a summer internship in Indianapolis. I am from a Chicago suburb, and I also attend school near there. I could not bring my dog with me for the summer unfortunatly, and my fiance works full-time. So, this summer, my dog has been moving from home to home depending on who has time to take care and watch her. My fiance and I are very responsible with her, and I don't like her being left alone for more than a couple hours so on days that he goes into his office (instead of telecommuting from home) he takes her to be "dog-sat" by one of our parents. And sadly, right now, I can first-hand see how shifting my dog back-and-forth from my parent's house, my in-laws house, and me and my fiance's house is affecting my dog. And she knows all these people very well! These are not numerous strangers "renting" her to have fun with. She seems more distant and not as happy-go-lucky as she usually is. Luckily, I am done with this internship in one week, and I can be back at home, and have her with me everyday in the place that she knows as her home.