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I've never liked the homeless person with dog type thing. It just feels wrong to me. Like they've taken up with this animal just to tug at people more and increase their income from begging.
As biznatch said above, I'm sure that there are some who truly love their dogs and would feed the dog before they feed themselves (or drink). But I fear that would be the exception rather than the rule.
I remain divided on the issue. On one hand, a dog is a faithful friend through all circumstances and what they crave more than anything is love. On the other hand, why put that dog through your miserable lifestyle when there are many loving families that might give the dog a home.
As an aside, I used to live in a college/professional town in Florida. A newspaper reporter did a story on one 'homeless' guy who would stand and beg for a few hours a day at the interstate exit in the nicer part of town. He took in a $150-$200 per day and lived in an apartment a half mile away. Begging was his career.
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