No Time for a Dog - Why Not Rent One?


	No Time for a Dog - Why Not Rent One?

book-mole

8-11-2007 6:06 PM

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8-11-2007 11:21 PM

Chitownmortgage

Why can't I come up with ideas like this!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ed55d24f-be6c-4a2a-9157-c7eb54625706/0D2BF8AF-8045-432A-896E-8CD62B42EAFA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.smh.com.au/news/pets/no-time-for-a-pet-rent-one/2007/07/30/1185647813755.html?page=fullpage" href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/pets/no-time-for-a-pet-rent-one/2007/07/30/1185647813755.html?page=fullpage" style="font-size: 11px;">www.smh.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/pets/no-time-for-a-pet-rent-one/2007/07/30/1185647813755.html?page=fullpage"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.smh.com.au/img/4FCCF592-D5FC-44C0-A09F-16E777D2D1A1" alt="Flex Petz founder Marlena Cervantes with dogs for rent Loki, right, and Jackpot." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/pets/no-time-for-a-pet-rent-one/2007/07/30/1185647813755.html?page=fullpage"><P>From the state that popularised purse puppies, drive-thru dog
washes and gourmet dog food delivery comes the latest in canine
convenience - a company that contracts out dogs by the day to
urbanites without the time or space to care for a pet
full-time.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/pets/no-time-for-a-pet-rent-one/2007/07/30/1185647813755.html?page=fullpage"><P>Marlena Cervantes, founder of FlexPetz, bristles when people
refer to her five-month-old business as a rent-a-pet service. She
prefers the term "shared pet ownership," explaining the concept is
more akin to a holiday time share or a gym membership than a trip
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where Cervantes lives. She plans to open new locations in San
Francisco in August, New York in September and London by the end of
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undivided attention from our members because it is the only time
they have together," she said. "Some people take a dog home and
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