Company Rents Pets to Animal Lovers

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Handsome Jack Morrison:

"SAN FRANCISCO Emotion: travel

- From the state that popularized purse puppies, drive-thru dog washes and gourmet dog food delivery comes the latest in canine conveniencea company that contracts out dogs by the day to urbanites without the time or space to care for a pet full-time."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8QMEDE80&show article=1

Comments?
Heh.

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Rocky:

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It's good that when off the job the dogs are boarded at a cage- free kennel. Cages would probably upset a dog's need for lack of boundaries, inconsistent training, and fractured bonding.

Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

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Spot:

For the price you pay to rent them these people have money to burn is all I can say. I think the money would be better spent donating it to the local shelters to help place the animals permanently.
Celeste

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Julia Altshuler:

[nq:1]"SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - From the state that popularized purse puppies, drive-thru dog washes and gourmet dog food delivery comes ... dogs by the day to urbanites without the time or space to care for a pet full-time." http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8QMEDE80&show article=1 Comments?[/nq]
Someone else already thought of it! I've been mulling that idea over in my head for years. When we're on vacation and Cubbe is safely in a boarding kennel at home, we'll be hiking somewhere with friends, and will run into people with a dog. I'll start a friendly conversation, pat their dog a little and wish I had my own with me. I'll know that's impractical, but my imagination starts working. What if the bed and breakfast owner had a dog who would enjoy going out with guests for a nice hike? It could be an amenity that hotel owners offered, like room service or using the washing machines in the basement. Extra if the rental dog consents to sleep on your bed with you.
Or what about combined exercise programs? Whenever I see runners in the park without dogs, I think of all the underexercised dogs hanging around empty houses while their people are at work. Why not combine the two? The exerciser gets a borrowed dog, and the workaholics get an exercised dog. Best of both worlds.
Of course, that's not what's described in the article. The way my imaginative schemes work, the dog has a single family he's bonded to and then gets loaned to people who enjoy spending time with a dog now and then. It wouldn't work for a dog of Cubbe's temperament. She doesn't like new people much, but Sheppe would have loved it. Every new person was a new adventure for her, and no matter how much exercise and attention we gave her, she always craved more.
The beginning of the article makes it sound weird, like the dogs never get to bond individually but always go from home to home for their entire lives. The end of the article makes it sound different, like the program is for dogs who are in shelters anyway slated for euthanasia. Spending a day with an adoring temporary owner has to be better than hanging around unsocialized in a shelter run. They make it sound like the extension of a foster program.
And to get people to pay for the privilege was sheer brilliance.
Lia

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Handsome Jack Morrison:

[nq:1]For the price you pay to rent them these people have money to burn is all I can say. I think the money would be better spent donating it to the local shelters to help place the animals permanently.[/nq]
Celeste, in an ideal world, that might work.
But we live in the real one, and things just don't work that way.

Plus, there's nothing preventing local shelters and rescues from offering similar programs, and even charging for them.

A dog having a good part-time home, with the potential of ending up a permanent one, when compared to having blue juice injected into his leg, sounds pretty good to you, right?
I hope so.
[nq:2]"SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - From the state that popularized purse ... space to care for a pet full-time." http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8QMEDE80&show article=1 Comments?[/nq]
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Handsome Jack Morrison:

[nq:2]"SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - From the state that popularized purse ... space to care for a pet full-time." http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8QMEDE80&show article=1 Comments?[/nq]
[nq:1]Someone else already thought of it![/nq]
We've been joking about Rent-A-Dogs for years here, Julia. It was only a matter of time.
[nq:1]The beginning of the article makes it sound weird, like the dogs never get to bond individually but always go ... better than hanging around unsocialized in a shelter run. They make it sound like the extension of a foster program.[/nq]
Yep. As long as the needs of the dogs are always kept front and center, not only during the "rental" period, but between them as well, I can't see any harm here. Especially if it saves some dogs from the gallows, and opens up more rooms at the inn.
Proper breed selection is paramount, IMO, as well as for individual dogs. Labs, for example, should have little or no problem with this kind of arrangement. But CBRs? No way, Jose!
[nq:1]And to get people to pay for the privilege was sheer brilliance.[/nq]
IMO, rescues and shelters should experiment with similar programs.

The downside I do see, however, as was mentioned in the article, is that it may give the wrong impression to children, i.e., that even dogs are disposable/returnable commodities.
But I think that particular concern can be greatly mitigated through proper education.

Handsome Jack Morrison
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Julia Altshuler:

I looked at the article again. I didn't see anything about the people renting dogs being screened and nothing about ongoing training for the people. They mention an hour at the beginning but nothing more. They may be doing screening and it's just not in the article. If they're not, that needs to be addressed.I also looked at the prices. They seem high to me, but I haven't comparison shopped. A friend in New York city works long hours. He also takes excellent care of his dog. He has an expensive dog walker come at noon when he can't be there himself, and pays for high quality boarding when he travels for work. The rest of the time, he gets up early and stays up late so he can walk her himself, and they vacation together in the country where he's devoted to her.

He's one of those people where you don't know how he does it since you never see him training his dog. He doesn't have theories on dog training but somehow has a well bonded dog who adores him and behaves beautifully on or off leash. I've never heard him give a command. He just sort of looks at her or whistles.
I digress. My point is that he pays qualified people to take care of his dog when he can't. The article makes it sound like there could be many people paying a third party when they were all in partnership.
Lia

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Judith Althouse:

Handsome Jack, You asked for comments about the rent-a-dog operation. I think it is an exploitation of dogs. Who in their right mind would want to rent a dog? You could afford boarding or a pet sitter for that kind of money if travel was an issue. I am sure there are special dogs that can bounce from home to home without being effected, but it just doesn't sound like a good life for a dog to me.
Sounds like the kind of person that wants a dog to appear 'cool" in certain social situations or for that matter, don't they say children and dogs are a great way to meet the opposite sex and strike up a conversation. I think the idea sucks and I hope the business fails. I have a sinking feeling it won't. I believe a dog is a commitment 24/7.

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Janet Boss:

[nq:1]Who in their right mind would want to rent a dog?[/nq]
I dunno. I rented my sister's dog after losing a 15.5 year old dog. Of course, the dog had stayed with us many, many times and was part of the family, but she offered to loan him to me when I suffered a sudden loss. He would have stayed with me at some point during the next few weeks anyway, so why not? My DH had left on a business trip that morning, I came home to find my dog dead, and I felt lost, A canine buddy on loan was just the ticker to help me cope.

Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

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