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Description: You rent out puppies to people, $5.00 for 30 minutes. You call your local Humane Society & ask if you can borrow some of their puppies and dogs for a fundraiser, then explain the fundraiser to them.  People might even want to adopt the puppy/dog after playing with them for a while. This fundraier makes money for your organization and might help give some puppies a home.

Expected Income: $100-$400 (Depending on how many puppies you rent out.)

People Needed: At least one person for each puppy is best.

 Materials Needed:

• Make up flyers advertising your Rent-a-Puppy event with all the info and spread them around to make sure people know that you will be having it.
• A good system will be needed to keep track of who rents a puppy, reservation time, return time, which puppy, and we also took driver's license as a guarantee that they return the puppy.
• Water Dishes for the dogs to drink water out of, tennis balls to play fetch with, a leash and collar for every puppy. (THE HUMANE SOCIETY MAY OR MAY NOY SUPPLYTHESE.)
• The local humane society or other source has the advantage of introducing pets to potential owners, and they should have a representative or provide materials to allow for those interested in bringing a puppy into their homes

The time questions:

• This will take most of the day. Plan on at least 5-6 hours.
• Most effective if it lasts two days, as a Saturday and Sunday, so the word can get out
  

Location:

• A Public location in which to host the Rent-a-Puppy.  
• It is good to have a public location where people might walk by, see all the puppies and hopefully want to rent one