However, supporting pet rentals is not the proper solution to pet overpopulation. That would be like saying it's a Good Thing to buy inbred dogs from puppy mills. It may (big conditional on the "may") help the couple individual dogs in the program, but it does not help the overall situation.
As for that conditional, it's possible these are dogs that were going to be put down. It's also possible these are dogs that would have found a full-time home instead of being shipped around to different renters. A dog that is well-trained and has a good temperament as they claim their dogs all do would make an excellent candidate for adoption rather than being put down.
The Dolittler post I linked also has some comments on the history of FlexPets. Apparently their origins were that they actually bred dogs just for this. It's also not entirely clear what happens to the dogs as they age - they say that they only have dogs age 2-3 years old. They imply many are adopted, which I would like to believe, but I don't know.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2008-03-02 08:18 pm (UTC)As for that conditional, it's possible these are dogs that were going to be put down. It's also possible these are dogs that would have found a full-time home instead of being shipped around to different renters. A dog that is well-trained and has a good temperament as they claim their dogs all do would make an excellent candidate for adoption rather than being put down.
The Dolittler post I linked also has some comments on the history of FlexPets. Apparently their origins were that they actually bred dogs just for this. It's also not entirely clear what happens to the dogs as they age - they say that they only have dogs age 2-3 years old. They imply many are adopted, which I would like to believe, but I don't know.