I see people who can barely afford to buy a big mac at mcds and they have a couple of pets. They'd often starve themselves but have enough $ to buy pet food.
Broke people having pets
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Well when humans won't love you or you can't find one who will be good to you which can often be the case for some women it's good to have a animal who will love you because you feed it.
Yes it's a over simplification but some people just need another heart beat around the house. Personaly I live alone and like it so maybe I won't understand the need for others, I have gone a 2 week vacation once in college where I did not pick up the phone or go out and I liked it so I just don't understand needy people.
Yes it's a over simplification but some people just need another heart beat around the house. Personaly I live alone and like it so maybe I won't understand the need for others, I have gone a 2 week vacation once in college where I did not pick up the phone or go out and I liked it so I just don't understand needy people.
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Having pets as companions improves not only your health, but your overall quality of life. It helps a lot of people with depression, loneliness and isolation. Pets will love you no matter what, sometimes that is what people need. Unlike people, pets really don't care how much is in your bank account.
This is true...unlike studies on having children has been proven NOT to improve the quality of life....enough said...
Are you talking about street people with dogs? If so, there are a few very practical reasons why you often see a homeless person with a dog:
1. Companionship (OK, that's the same reason most people get a dog)
2. Dogs help prevent them from being robbed (for those who don't know, homeless people have very little to steal, yet they get robbed more than any other segment of the population because they're such easy targets)
3. People are more likely to give money to a homeless person with a dog (I guess some people would rather support homeless dogs than homeless people)
4. Sometimes the dog doesn't actually belong to the homeless person - sometimes they make some money from walking people's dogs.
1. Companionship (OK, that's the same reason most people get a dog)
2. Dogs help prevent them from being robbed (for those who don't know, homeless people have very little to steal, yet they get robbed more than any other segment of the population because they're such easy targets)
3. People are more likely to give money to a homeless person with a dog (I guess some people would rather support homeless dogs than homeless people)
4. Sometimes the dog doesn't actually belong to the homeless person - sometimes they make some money from walking people's dogs.
Those people have priorities mixed up. They should give up their pets to a shelter and get their life in order and then go get the pet again or find a new one. But these people are not that smart.
Pets do help people but if they are literally starving you then you need to stop thinking emotionally and start thinking logically. Give up the pet.
Exactly. I have a cat and what a great companion!
I have noticed this too with the homeless having pets that it is irresponsible, to say the least.
I know one guy who has a little Sharpei. He's quite busy and really has not enough time for this dog. The dog is always getting sick and his owner cannot keep up with the bills. Sad really! I see these same people getting these same pets here in the West End and in Yaletown and think they are all doomed because they are cute to begin with but in the end, their owner will not pay for their bills because of the costs.
Also keep in mind that vets in Canada are not regulated as much as they are in the US or the EU.
Panther
I feel fairly confident in saying that some of these people on the street with dogs will tell you that their pet companion gives them a reason to continue living. Looking after their little friend gives them a sense of purpose.
I can't imagine they find much inspiration or sense of purpose elsewhere on the street.
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Pets and children are the same in the sense that people have them for companionship and unconditional love.
HOWEVER, MANY people have both pets and children when they CAN'T afford to look after them.
I think that's just ridiculously, incredibly, absolutely idiotic.
HOWEVER, MANY people have both pets and children when they CAN'T afford to look after them.
I think that's just ridiculously, incredibly, absolutely idiotic.
Thank You for this post Yman, some people will never "understand". And guess what? "Some people", yer gonna fuckin die some day, and you'll wake up and wonder...Why...What...and ...then weep like you never did in this life.
BTW, I don't have a pet right now....for obvious reasons.
Logic is overrated and emotion underrated. I have been in the situation LAG's talking about and it sucks but I survived the experience and so did my cat, she turns 18 this year, and without her I probably would not be here. It comes down to responsibility I was responsible for my cat so she came first and I had to be around to take care of her, she was 3 years old when I got her.
One other thing, the dirty little secret about pet adoptions is most people would rather have a puppy or kitten then have an adult. And when shelters uthanized animals it was the ones that could not be adopted which were mostly the older animals.
the reasons you don't have a pet aren't so obvious ? ..perhaps to you but not to me.
It all depends how you look at it.
What is worst?
- A loving and caring owner who does not have much money but still considers their pets well being a priority?
Or
- An owner who has the means to pay for food, shelter and health care BUT..........
...chooses NOT to, and instead chooses to exploit the animal for profits without proper food, care or sanitary conditions, confining them to a tiny cage and abuse for years, only to dump them when they become worthless (Puppy mills and backyard breeders, "entertainment") Dog fighting, horse fighting or bear baiting?
- Or treats the animal as a "thing", letting it go crazy by depriving it of ANY interactions or socialization, becoming angry and terrified, and suffering from freezing cold or blistering hot weather while providing inadequate food/water/sanitary conditions by forcing them to a solitary life being chained at the neck for years. Yet there is nothing the SPCA can do if the dogs are provided food, water and some kind of shelter, the only way these dogs get a chance at a better life, is if the owners agree to surrender them to dog rescues. (Tethering)
- Owners who starve their horses, neglect and abuse them even though they are vets themselves. (Evil)
- Retired or injured horses that can no longer race, thus becoming worthless to owners who dump them or auction them off to horrible abuse and to INHUMANE slaughter, and eventually as food on someone's plate. This affects Old and injured horses just as much as young and perfectly healthy ones.
- Companies who own animals for the only purpose of putting them through abuse, confinement to a cage, neglect in order to use them for unnecessary and inhumane RESEARCH.
If you were an animal, which is the owner you'd want?
While it's important to be concerned with animal neglect and abuse, in the grand scheme of things, I truly feel that our compassion and energy might be better used by noticing, commenting and acting on intentional, totally avoidable neglect that is far worst for the animals, than compassionate and caring owners who do not have much money.
Just because you don't see it while you walk down the street, all of these HAPPEN, far more often than you think. Yet because it's not in our faces, it's easy to pretend it doesn't happen? Or not to believe it does? I honestly can't bear to watch most of the images, or even read too many details of these kinds of abuse - it makes me ill, so disturbed by what animals have to endure, but if you need proof that these things are currently far too common and without repercussions to most owners who commit these.
CBC's The National story on horse slaughter in Canada - No Country for horses
There is SO MUCH more of these kinds of evil animal owners.
Sorry Jamie, I know (at least I hope) it was a joke, but it was a rather tasteless (no pun intented) one. Would it be funny to tell a homeless mother the same about a child? Come on now.
What is worst?
- A loving and caring owner who does not have much money but still considers their pets well being a priority?
Or
- An owner who has the means to pay for food, shelter and health care BUT..........
...chooses NOT to, and instead chooses to exploit the animal for profits without proper food, care or sanitary conditions, confining them to a tiny cage and abuse for years, only to dump them when they become worthless (Puppy mills and backyard breeders, "entertainment") Dog fighting, horse fighting or bear baiting?
- Or treats the animal as a "thing", letting it go crazy by depriving it of ANY interactions or socialization, becoming angry and terrified, and suffering from freezing cold or blistering hot weather while providing inadequate food/water/sanitary conditions by forcing them to a solitary life being chained at the neck for years. Yet there is nothing the SPCA can do if the dogs are provided food, water and some kind of shelter, the only way these dogs get a chance at a better life, is if the owners agree to surrender them to dog rescues. (Tethering)
- Owners who starve their horses, neglect and abuse them even though they are vets themselves. (Evil)
- Retired or injured horses that can no longer race, thus becoming worthless to owners who dump them or auction them off to horrible abuse and to INHUMANE slaughter, and eventually as food on someone's plate. This affects Old and injured horses just as much as young and perfectly healthy ones.
- Companies who own animals for the only purpose of putting them through abuse, confinement to a cage, neglect in order to use them for unnecessary and inhumane RESEARCH.
If you were an animal, which is the owner you'd want?
While it's important to be concerned with animal neglect and abuse, in the grand scheme of things, I truly feel that our compassion and energy might be better used by noticing, commenting and acting on intentional, totally avoidable neglect that is far worst for the animals, than compassionate and caring owners who do not have much money.
Just because you don't see it while you walk down the street, all of these HAPPEN, far more often than you think. Yet because it's not in our faces, it's easy to pretend it doesn't happen? Or not to believe it does? I honestly can't bear to watch most of the images, or even read too many details of these kinds of abuse - it makes me ill, so disturbed by what animals have to endure, but if you need proof that these things are currently far too common and without repercussions to most owners who commit these.
CBC's The National story on horse slaughter in Canada - No Country for horses
There is SO MUCH more of these kinds of evil animal owners.
Sorry Jamie, I know (at least I hope) it was a joke, but it was a rather tasteless (no pun intented) one. Would it be funny to tell a homeless mother the same about a child? Come on now.
The OP never said anything about the pets he sees being sick or extremely sick... But regardless, should poor people surrender their pets (most likely to end up euthanized) just in case they end up being sick and they are not able to pay for the vet bills?? (BTW even most people with average income can't afford the vet bills if their pet gets really sick..)
I didnt mean the street people. Just talking about people who can barely afford mac/cheese and rent. If im in their shoes id be more logicle and give away the pet to someone who can afford one.
Have you ever thought homeless people have pets to stay alive?
The animals provide warmth when its cold, its a good conversation starter,it provides them with away to get money from the public.protection,company and again someone who will love them .
Check cl for pets and see how many people are giving away there animals for whatever reason(i'm sure everyone posting on cl has more than a broke person/homeless person has or owns,after all they are using a computer,internet )...money doesnt stop people from being ignorant and being broke doesnt stop people from caring.
The animals provide warmth when its cold, its a good conversation starter,it provides them with away to get money from the public.protection,company and again someone who will love them .
Check cl for pets and see how many people are giving away there animals for whatever reason(i'm sure everyone posting on cl has more than a broke person/homeless person has or owns,after all they are using a computer,internet )...money doesnt stop people from being ignorant and being broke doesnt stop people from caring.
I wanna slam and bang you senesless
To quote one comedien..
"I hate it when homeless people ask for money when they have a perfectly delicious dog standing next to them...talk to me when the dogs all gone buddy"
Feel free to slam me lol I had to
My sisters mother in law is a multi millionaire and she refuses to pay to have the tumor removed cause the vet bill would be too high. But overall people are very stupid and often dont plan on the extra cost of the vet bills.
