Stock Photo - 1976 - From an animal-station - 'Have a dog as a loan .. for walking'.. is the motto of Douglas Brehl. The 29 years old man is the chief of an animal-3tation in Lunen/West Germany, which is lodging stray four-legged animals. Of course, there are a lot of such owner¬less dogs, but also a lot of people, who raid like to have a dog, but couldn't get one because of different reason. Therefore Douglas Brehl had a good idea! By him everybody can get a dog - for walking! After one or two hours the animal is brought back. The service has got a great number of interests: every afternoon children, grown-ups and lonely old people care to the animal-station to look for a 'loan-dog'! And in thi3 kind some of the animals have found a new owner and home, because the 'walker' was no longer willing to separate from his 'loan-pet' OPS: Douglas Brehl is handing over one of his dogs to two girls for walking out (nobody is allowed to go into the animal-station, the dog is brought to the gate. (Credit Image: © Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com)