The Homeless and Their Dogs

Why in the hell do homeless people always have dogs?  I assume it is some kind of a begging tactic, but what the hell?  PETA wants to hang Michael Vick by his balls, yet any dreadlocked idiot who cannot take care of him/herself has a cute little puppy. 

My parents wouldn’t let me get a dog until I was 14 or so and we had a house with power, a yard, access to dog food and only smoked crack on the weekends (you know – normal).   So I’m at the DMV the other day (talk about the LCD of society), I step outside due to enjoy my 1.5 hour wait and what is it I see at the park?  Numerous homeless with dogs.  Are these poor things fed?  

Are they constantly getting brown weed smoke blown in their faces?

If you can’t have at least a crappy apartment and a form of income, you shouldn’t have a dog.  I guess the one good thing is since these people don’t work, they can spend all day with the dog.  Also, since they live outside, I guess you don’t have to worry about the dog being taken out to the bathroom.  Regardless, I don’t effing get it.  Maybe it is for companionship, but since there are roughly 12,500 homeless in SF, I figure they can all hang out and leave poor fido out of it.