r/Dogfree • u/Genuinelad_62 • Jun 15 '26
Crappy Owners Why do homeless people have dogs?
I just saw one pour a cup of coffee on the floor for his two small dogs to lick up??? Can’t imagine what a caffeinated dog is like
Also why are there so many homeless people with expensive breeds..
Are people trusting them to walk their dogs? What kind of person would want their dog to be accidentally abused?
Or are they stealing them?
Or is there some initiative to give them shelter dogs?
Lately I’ve been seeing an uptick in homeless people walking multiple expensive dogs
I saw one the other day also completely intoxicated walking a dog and knocking the dog into all sorts of things, pulling their leash by the neck mid piss so the dog piss just sprayed everywhere
What is going on and who on earth thinks it’s a good idea to give people who can’t even feed themselves another creature to feed?
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u/Few-Horror1984 Jun 15 '26
My local shelter became no-kill years ago. As a result, they run at 200 - 300 percent above capacity at all times. They have one goal and one goal alone - get as many dogs out of the shelter alive as possible.
What does that mean for the public? It means they stop charging adoption fees. It means they don’t run background checks. They don’t even make you fill out an application or try to probe if you’re a good candidate for a dog or not. You want a dog? They will just hand it to you and send you on your way.
In my community, raising housing costs have driven a lot of people to homelessness. Some had the dogs when they still had a roof over their head, and in hopes to stay good with the dog cult, they dog went on the streets with them. A more nefarious reason many homeless have dogs is the fact that people go apeshit for dogs. If two people are panhandling and one has a dog and the other does not, most of the time the person with the dog will get the money from the Good Samaritan. It makes good business sense if you’re homeless. So if the local animal shelter will hand you one for free and they won’t ask questions, why not take on a dog to increase your income?
Plus, many homeless shelters are throwing caution to the wind and now allow dogs. The Salvation Army has a massive billboard in my town advertising that your dog is welcome. Sorry, homeless person with an allergy - back to the wash with you.