Pets of the Homeless

[Catherine]

Quote:I know....that is why I struggled for quite a while to take Misty from the homeless guy who used to be her caretaker. Some would say I should have done that earlier. But I couldn't -for those considerations.
Only when it became clear that he was unable to really care for her owing to his huge shortcomings (and those were nothing to do with being homeless or poor) -did I act instinctively to protect her.

Being homeless is not always the real issue. Even if he had a place to live, Misty was still better off with you.

I do see homeless people around Toronto and some have pets. The pets look well cared for and could leave if they wanted to. In the dead of winter I saw a homeless guy with his big shorthaired pit-bull type dog. He had used an old pink baby snow suit to make a warm water proof dog coat. Well done on his part and the dog was wearing it with pride because his owner had made it for him.