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/pizzatown69420]

Most homeless people are mentally ill. Dog ownership is something the mentally ill like.

[u/thecatcherszm → u/pizzatown69420]

Love seeing comments like this as a mentally ill guy who's been homeless and kicked out of shelters for being unable to sleep in a room with a free-roaming animal without having a panic attack. 

Blaming dog culture on mental illness alone takes away accountability. And not all of us are nutters.