Posted on April 22, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

You can hire all sorts these days from a lawn mower to something crazy like a car.

But “Rental Product of the Year” goes to American company Felxpetz who have opened their first rental office outside of the US in London.

Flexpetz will hire you a canine chum for four days at a cost £279 (in the US, it’s $279.95) – plus extra for drop-off and collection, if needed. The difference between the US and UK costs are explained away by the company by the additional costs of vetinary skills in the UK.

I hope they have similar standards like we have to abide by in car hire. By this I mean I hope all dogs are less than six months old, cleaned before the rental commences (no dog smells I hope) and of course you can purchase additional insurances to cover eventualities such as an unwanted pregnancy or damage to your slippers from over zealous carrying of said slippers.

So next time your postman is around why not send out your hire dog to make him wish he worked for UPS?

“Suddenly Dave realised he had left it too late to book the Chiwawa”