A 19-year-old in San Antonio chose to sleep on the street with his dog instead of a bed at a homeless shelter after the shelter told him he wouldn’t be allowed to bring his dog with him.
Samuel Haymon said he’s been feeling hopeless and helpless the last few weeks after losing his job and becoming homeless with his dog Mordex, who is Haymon’s top priority.
When there's 19 yr old's running around doing various stupid things and not giving a damn about anything but themselves, this story speaks volumes about a young man that has his priorities down not to mention the people that have been willing to help him and his dog.
ReplyDeleteOne of the few times I ever praised a liberal was during Hurricane Harvey. The very liberal mayor of Houston ordered the emergency shelters to let folks bring their pets.
ReplyDeleteI would have to draw a distinction between a well cared for family pet and a canine companion of a homeless person that could not care for his own hygiene, much less a dogs. But I wasn't there - I don't know for sure.
DeleteMy dog is my service dog. Brings random joy and keeps me from losing my shit.
DeleteWe rescued our GSD mix eight years ago after she'd been running loose for her first year. She was afraid of everything and unfortunately has a dominant personality. We've been through a lot with her and the vets were no help, not knowing anything about dog behavior. After eight years of love she's become the sweetest, loving dog I've ever had, even counting Dusty (The Perfect Dog). If I had to give her up I'd never get over it. Well, if you're a stranger, a car or an armadillo, you might not thing she's so sweet.
ReplyDeleteNot being sweet to strangers is a good job for her. You already know what will happen if some stranger threatens you or your better half - and these days, that's good.
DeleteI wish Samuel and Mordex the best in the future,glad he got a gig and a place for him and his friend to stay and kudos to all who helped hiom get back on his feet(and with Mordex,his paws).
ReplyDeleteAll the homeless around here have dogs. One has a French Bulldog. I know he didn't pay for it. The dogs are just a pity plea to people who won't give a vagrant money.
ReplyDeleteMaybe he owned the Frenchie before he became homeless. Maybe somebody gave it to him. Maybe, maybe, maybe.....
DeleteI did advocacy work for the homeless about 25 years ago. I can assure you that most homeless people with dogs have them for companionship just like everybody else, and not for a pity plea.
Often having a dog helps control whatever mental monsters that are affecting the homeless owner. It's been shown that removing the dogs often causes the owners to mentally degrade and lose connection to reality.
DeleteIn other words, exactly what dogs do for 'normal' people. Good dogs settle their owners brains.
When I volunteered at the SA , we had a woman bring her dog into the restroom with her. The office staff went ape shit on the lady for doing that. The lady said if she tied the dog outside someone would steal or hurt it which was true. The pantry and kitchen staff told her just knock on the back door and we would watch her dog for her.
ReplyDeleteThat dog was her family and she was never going to give it up
That young man is another type of Gen-Z. There's not a ton of positives about them, but two arguable positives are that (1)they're generally less materialistic (probably because they have less material to begin with) and, (2)because they're used to an unspeakably awful economy, they generally prefer earning less money and working with people who treat each other well, to earning more money and working with, and for, assholes. It's a good attitude, because they're never going to get rich in the economy that's coming, so they might as well learn to be happy while broke. The good ones are doing just that. Valuing relationships and community over things is never a bad thing. Even if it's relationships with dogs. "A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast..." (Proverbs)
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