As being raised in another faith (my father's website, here: https://sites.google.com/view/to-be-like-jesus/to-be-like-jesus ), as a young lad in 'the woods' of E. Peoria, Illinois, we owned a few dogs...my brother did as well (although, actually ended up psuedo raising and feeding that one [siberian husky mixed with, perhaps, a bit of wolf / woof].
We moved, and moved again and was, to a certain degree, perhaps, re-raised, in Santa Barbara, Ca, etc.
Nevertheless, the concept of dog 'renting/ownership' has been somewhat perplexing, as when learning nu/different religion, that can be somewhat perplexing and, seemingly uncertain with volumes of sources and opinions - and with a personality set (at least according to Meyers-Briggs) of 'driver/driver/influencer/controller' - and indoctrinated with work ethic(s) from selling 'books door to door' for Southwestern company, etc. one becomes a 'work-a-holic' although have been accused of mixing a bit of alcohol into the 'a-holic' word, the reason for www.AutomationAnytime.com 's accronym, AA...no...[that was, perhaps, ironically the acronym of Uncle Tony & Frank Gonzalez hardware store in Sacremento, Ca. [the first name in the phone book! - #1 position!]
As proverbial tyme progressed, didn't ever really ponder the concept, as wasn't relevant to really much of anything. Don't own or have pets, however, many of my family members....do. And since, during shabbas, keeping some of the shabbat laws, there has been, at times, meager discussions.
And since an avid mountain runner / cyclist [once could say 'elite' at times] have been almost bitten at the heel by dogs while running along side their owners, on more than one occassion, the discussion of dogs and judaism seems to re-occur.
Here's what Psychology Today thinks:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/canine-corner/201908/are-jewish-dog-owners-sinners
Why are dogs not allowed in Judaism?
Judaism. There is controversy about whether Jewish rabbinical law authorizes the keeping of dogs as pets. Biblical and rabbinic sources include numerous references that associate dogs with violence and uncleanliness and frown on having dogs as pets or keeping them in one's home.
unfortunately / fortunately a topic, perahaps, 'close to where am currently staying...'
There is controversy about whether Jewish rabbinical law authorizes the keeping of dogs as pets.[28] Biblical and rabbinic sources include numerous references that associate dogs with violence and uncleanliness and frown on having dogs as pets or keeping them in one’s home.[29] Dogs are negatively portrayed in both the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud, where they are mostly associated with violence and uncleanliness. Deuteronomy 23:18 appears to equate dogs with prostitution, and the Book of Kings describes dogs who feed on corpses. The Psalms describes dogs as beasts that maul at human beings.
This negative view of dogs is also found in the Talmud, which describes people who raise dogs as cursed. In July 2019, all the Sephardic Rabbis from the Israeli city of Elad signed an edict banning dogs from the city, with the justification that "as explained in the Talmud and by the Rambam, anyone raising a dog is accursed".[30] At the same year, the rabbi of Holon, Avraham Yosef, was also quoted as saying: “I do not find any grounds for permitting any dog whatsoever in any manner”.[30]
The Misneh Torah states that dogs must be chained because they are known to frequently cause damage. The Shulchan Aruch states that only evil dogs must be bound and chained. 18th-century Rabbi and talmudist Jacob Emden permitted dogs for economic or security reasons, but affirmed that having a dog merely for pleasure was “precisely the behavior of the uncircumcised”.[29]
Judaism does not permit the neglect or abuse of any living animal. Jewish law states that any animal that is kept must be fed, and it also states that arrangements for feeding them must be made before they are obtained. This ruling also applies to dogs.[31][32]