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SectionsPuppies can be rented Wednesday
Cris Swaters
Issue date: 11/6/07 Section: Features
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Rent-a-Puppy is a half hour break from the stresses of class.
Rent-a-Puppy is similar to September's Rent-a-Kitty. Puppies from the humane society will be available for rent for students with a ZipCard and $5.
"When we had kittens, they were reserved all day so show up early so that you can get the time you want," Alicia Anderson, senior theater major said.
The $5 that students pay is a fundraiser for Phi Sigma Pi.
Students can do whatever they want with their puppy while they have it. Leashes are provided with each puppy so that students can take them for a walk if they choose.
"A lot of people had a group of three or four friends and they made a circle to play with their puppy," Kyle Morris, senior operations management major said.
Morris stressed that puppies should not be taken into any campus building since pets are against university rules in all buildings. This includes residence halls, as well as academic buildings.
After playing with a puppy, there will be a silent auction on each puppy that will occur throughout the day ending at 5 p.m. The starting bid on all of the puppies is $50. This is the minimum for the humane society because that amount will cover shots and having the pet spayed or neutered according to Morris. All proceeds from the silent auction will go to the humane society.
Morris said that puppies do require more responsibility on the owner's part and that people should consider all of those responsibilities when considering adoption.
"I hope the puppies do as well as the kittens did," Morris said. "I want every single puppy to get adopted, but those extra responsibilities may change that."
At Phi Sigma Pi's last Rent-a-Kitty event, there was a kitten with ringworm, but there should not be any puppies with it since the puppies are from the humane society, Morris said.
"I really don't think there will be any change in attendance because there were so many requests for another event," Morris said.
There are a couple differences between puppies and kittens that change the likelihood of puppies carrying ringworm.
"Cats are a lot more likely to carry ringworm," Anderson said. "The puppies are a lot older and less likely to carry anything since they are from the humane society; the kittens weren't."
There are some precautions that Phi Sigma Pi is taking to prevent the spread of any infections among the puppies just in case there is one.
"Each puppy has its own cage so just in case one has something it doesn't get spread," Morris said. "The puppies probably won't like it since they will want to play with each other."
Even if all the puppies do not get rented, it is the attention that they receive at the event that is really important.
"Give them some love," Morris said. "The good thing is even if they don't get adopted they get some love."
Rent-a-Puppy will be tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. behind the Plaster Student Union.
Rent-a-Puppy is similar to September's Rent-a-Kitty. Puppies from the humane society will be available for rent for students with a ZipCard and $5.
"When we had kittens, they were reserved all day so show up early so that you can get the time you want," Alicia Anderson, senior theater major said.
The $5 that students pay is a fundraiser for Phi Sigma Pi.
Students can do whatever they want with their puppy while they have it. Leashes are provided with each puppy so that students can take them for a walk if they choose.
"A lot of people had a group of three or four friends and they made a circle to play with their puppy," Kyle Morris, senior operations management major said.
Morris stressed that puppies should not be taken into any campus building since pets are against university rules in all buildings. This includes residence halls, as well as academic buildings.
After playing with a puppy, there will be a silent auction on each puppy that will occur throughout the day ending at 5 p.m. The starting bid on all of the puppies is $50. This is the minimum for the humane society because that amount will cover shots and having the pet spayed or neutered according to Morris. All proceeds from the silent auction will go to the humane society.
Morris said that puppies do require more responsibility on the owner's part and that people should consider all of those responsibilities when considering adoption.
"I hope the puppies do as well as the kittens did," Morris said. "I want every single puppy to get adopted, but those extra responsibilities may change that."
At Phi Sigma Pi's last Rent-a-Kitty event, there was a kitten with ringworm, but there should not be any puppies with it since the puppies are from the humane society, Morris said.
"I really don't think there will be any change in attendance because there were so many requests for another event," Morris said.
There are a couple differences between puppies and kittens that change the likelihood of puppies carrying ringworm.
"Cats are a lot more likely to carry ringworm," Anderson said. "The puppies are a lot older and less likely to carry anything since they are from the humane society; the kittens weren't."
There are some precautions that Phi Sigma Pi is taking to prevent the spread of any infections among the puppies just in case there is one.
"Each puppy has its own cage so just in case one has something it doesn't get spread," Morris said. "The puppies probably won't like it since they will want to play with each other."
Even if all the puppies do not get rented, it is the attention that they receive at the event that is really important.
"Give them some love," Morris said. "The good thing is even if they don't get adopted they get some love."
Rent-a-Puppy will be tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. behind the Plaster Student Union.
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