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You are not alone if you suffer an allergy to cats. Cat owners may sneer with contempt at your obvious weakness, but for the allergy sufferer, being around a cat can be a serious concern. Have you noticed that most cat owners do not wear black or dark colors (unless their kitty is a dark color)? They never wear corderoy and always tend to wear fluffy sweaters, which on closer inspection, could actually be made from cat hair.

While pet rental appears to be popular in the US where FlexPetz now operates, (New York, Boston, San Diego and Los Angeles, there is an outcry in Britain led by Robert Brown MSP (Lib Dem, Glasgow Region) and championed by the Kennel Club as FlexPetz tries to expand their operations overseas.

For those people who would really love to have a pet around but for one reason or another cannot provide adequate full time care, this service could prove (and is proving) to be important. Is this wrong? Selfish? One just has to think of the excellent response to “visiting pets’ from the elderly and hospital shut-ins of all ages to understand the value of a part-time pet.