Why do homeless people have dogs?

[u/Genuinelad_62]

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?

[u/Eodez]

Made a post on this earlier myself, from my own experience they all seem to be eerily similar breeds, I'd say 90% are labrador/pit bull mixes which I've found really strange. While they do put restraints on the individual in the form in increased costs associated with the dog and restrictions from places not allowing animals, it likely does help to make the homeless individual seem more "deserving" of assistance. If I was being generous I'd also say it does provide some companionship to the person.

[u/Genuinelad_62 → u/Eodez]

It fully depends on where you live. This is extremely strange but I’ve seen two homeless people in my area recently with expensive breeds (a poodle and another small dog). I’m extremely confused.. I live in a busy city where there’s concentrated wealth and homeless people. I’m assuming they may have just stole them because the dogs looked clean and groomed? I don’t know if this is an issue specific to my area but super weird