New craze: 'dogs for rent'
NEWS.com.au, Australia -28 June
THE Beatles sang Money can't buy me love, but people are flocking to the "Puppy the World" rental pet shop at Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront park to rent just that by the hour.
On a recent Sunday dozens of lonely hearts gazed at photos of adorable doggies and then shelled out 1575 yen ($20.99) to take the chihuahua, toy poodle or miniature dachshund of their choice for an hour's walk...In Tokyo alone the number of shops registered to rent out pets grew to 115 as of March, up from 17 just three years earlier.
