I not homeless
I not homeless My home iz rite heres
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OMGs dis pik maiks mee CRYING!! Is sew tuching and moshunul. I can has hugs for lilboy and doggeh and maiks dem dinnr an givs nais soft bedz fur sleping. Not be two lil kidzes all by selfs aginst HOLE WURLD!
I is vey vey crying ober dis pickchur.
CJ
Ditto! no can typz…..cryin too hard.
Don’t cry–give! http://www.petsofhomeless.com/default.htm
Thanks so much for posting this link. This brings tears to my eyes, but awareness is a beautiful thing.
Do you know if there’s something like this outside the US at all? I live in the UK and really want to try to help out homeless pooches and their owners but this is the first time I ever heard of a charity specifically for them.
Thank you for your support! Feeding Pets of the Homeless is a nonprofit member organziation. Members collect pet food and partner with a food bank or a soup kitchen that distributes the pet food. Through donations we are now able to give veterinarians money to administer medical care to these pets. As of today we have 54 members in 22 states and one new member in Canada.
This reminds me of a time when I was in California as a kid… My mom’s friend was taking me around various stores and I saw a homeless lady with a shopping cart and a little black cat on a leash. I went back in the store and bought a tin of catfood and traded the lady for a pretty stone she’d found.
Such a cute pic! made me cry! Gen, what r da first letters of ur middle school? i might no u…
Ann, I also want to thank you for posting this link. I contacted the site and promised my support. My donation is going out in the mail first thing in the morning. Sadly, “Feeding Pets of the Homeless” is not represented here in Oklahoma where I live. I will, of course, need to reflect on this carefully and with discernment but maybe it will unfold that I can do something about that. We’ll see.
Ellie - where in Oklahoma are you?!?!? I’m in Tulsa - I’d never heard of any service like this, but I know there are plenty of people who would benefit. I know a lot of the vets provide lower-cost services for people who find stray animals and want to help them…..
Drop me a line on my blog, k?
–Elfinugget
Thank you for the link! I’ll definitely be adding this organization to the list of charities to which I donate.
I see a lot of homeless people with dogs in my city, and will often carry a couple of bags of groceries in my car — one with non-perishables for the person, and one with food and treats for the doggie — so that I can hand them over whenever I see someone who needs them. As a bonus, I usually get to pet the dog.
Thanks to the link, our lolcat and goggie have donated 100 years of their allowance money to help puppehs and kittehs less fortunate.
yes, thanks!! i will give. <3
Thx! Made our donation, but no chapter here in SC….but there is a veterinary practice right across the street from my office, whom I believe I will be paying a visit. My four hairy children said I must.
This dog looks just like the dog on the first photo on petsofhomeless.com, same comfy lap-spot and all.
what a ride, laff laff laff, then this.
turned this tuff guy into a whimpering puddle.
glad i was alone when i saw it.
gotta be the most moving foto i’ve ever seen.
ditto times 10!!! i neeeed 2 no where dis dood iz so i canz hug him an hiz goggie and givez themz nice home wif fluffy bedz and fud and all de nice things de want!!! Cuz de need it!!! And wen i iz rich i give monee 2 dis dood and hug him. and iff i no get rich den i share home wif dem!! i no mind. srly. i gonna go cry know, cuz dis 2 sad for meh.
~J.M
too trues….
dis is wun of teh mos tuching pikturs i ever sees.
SRSLY!!! Teh *weepz!* *snifl*
sooo tru ov doggeh, tho. Doggeh luvz him persun, nont kare if person not got much, doggeh luvs enniewae.
–E
dis photo makes me cry…luv dis’ puppeh.
home is where the heart is.
no babies, not hooman babies, not furbabies, shud evr be on de street wif no home….not everz!
that is so cute, tugs at the heart
uh..
ish tugging on my heart!
woo
Thats so adorable
Y awl hot dog pix bringz da sad? Iz gud kwestyun, no? Goggie in rayn, fyrman n dohbee, dis…
Also I tinks dat man, nawt boy, but stil bringz da sad.
The fireman and the dobie - according to what I’ve read, he saved her puppies from a burning house, and she thanked him for it. That’s not sad…that’s just proof positive of what most of us have known all along: dogs really are the best people!
(That dog in the rain, sitting in the middle of the street…man. That one haunts me.)
Love is an awesome thing.
This isn’t funny.
You’re right, its not, but its a reality in this world, and it is a touching picture showing the bond between dog and man knows only love and not physical possession.
omg… this is like…the most emotional macro I’ve ever seen.
;_;
mus hold bak teers!
That’s just depressing.
ahhh..:(
ARE YOU TRYING TO BREAK MY HEART????? ARE YOU>??!?!?!
WELL GOOD JOB.
*CRYING BUKKETS OF TEARS FOR DOG & HOOMAN*
This breaks my heart. When I was doing some studies in Oxford, I met a man begging on the street with this dog. I spent some time talking to him and asked him about getting some help. He said, yes, he’d looked into some of the helping agencies but all of them required that he get rid of his dog to get off the streets. That he wouldn’t do. I was proud of him and I told him so. That man’s devotion to his dog was the main thing giving him hope and keeping him truly human. And the social service people want to dehumanize him? It just made me sick.
I wish I knew how to find the boy in this picture. I would do everything in my power to help him.
Cesar Milan makes the point that the dogs that have homeless humans are often better adjusted than ones that live in the suburbs.
The most recent issue of BEST FRIENDS magazine had an article on the lives of these street dogs. It’s not all good–many die from fights with other street dogs.
I would never ask a homeless person to abandon their canine family member.
*heart breaking all da place*
Yes, that is so true.
Poverty is one of the predominant issues here in the Philippines. I got to see scenes like this a lot when I used to live in the city. My family used to help the people squatting in an empty lot across our street, and we always witnessed how much they loved their dog: they would share everything with the dog even at their own expense
I sometimes let my dogs play with their dog whenever I took my dogs out for walks… Their dog was very friendly and well-adjusted, unlike some of our neighbors’ who were very fierce because they were kept outside and rarely got TLC
I’m in Seattle and shelters will allow furpeople if the homeless person has a doctor’s note saying that the furperson is necessary therapy for the human. Once you get beyond shelters it is hard to find low-income housing that allows pets - but I just found one for a friend! Again, a doctor’s letter may overrule management policy. Many homeless people are mentally ill - which includes alcoholics and drug addicts - and may “look ok” but aren’t able to work or manage the benefits they may get. When you see me and my dog get out of the car and you wonder why we have a handicapped license plate because we “look ok”, know that there is a story behind it. Take away my (invisible) illness and I will happily give up the special parking. Please! Yes, it’s a sad pic and yes it shows a lot of love. But is that a cigarette?
is not cigarette, is decorative piping on collar of sweater. if yoo look closely, goes all way round neck. Angle of his head does make it look like it could be cigarette though
It’s not a cigarette. I thought it was at first, too, but it’s just the trim around the neck of the man’s sweater. You can see the same white trim on the other side, above the doggie’s head.
It’s a well-known fact that tobacco staves off hunger pangs…and I wouldn’t judge anyone based on the fact that they smoke; I don’t know about the rest of you but I’ve seen the disenfranchised digging through public ashtrays and picking butts out of the gutter on more than one occasion.
I don’t think anyone was judging the man for smoking. It just looks at first glance like there is a cigarette dangerously close to the doggie’s face. But it’s a moot point anyway since it’s just the trim on his sweater collar.
Not funny. Sad.
Stop being sad. This site for funny.
Says who?
A little social commentary in the guise of humor (a la Reign Over Me) is never a bad thing.
This is a depressing, but really wonderfully done, caption. Bravo.
I guess I just prefer not crying at work.
Gawdluvvem both.
lolspeak aside, when I lived in San Francisco I walked the 9 blocks to work on a very busy street. I passed several people who this man reminds me of. I don’t know how many but a lot of people used to give them food for the man (or woman) and their pet. Most people really do have good hearts.
Dis site is sweet…gotta have da sadz wif da happies cuz dat is life.
Wonderful philosophy, Sudiegirl. You’re so right and I’m so glad you said so.
Sweet puppy knows the meaning of love.
*sniff* I wish I could give them both a home. So sad. *cries*
Oh man oh man oh man. This is soooooo much a sad.
Big, tremendous hugs to both of the folks in this piksher. Hooman an de doggie.
I don’t find any sadness in this picture. Ask the man, ask the dog, and both of them will swear by god that they’re happy at this very moment.
As bucky said above I think that dogs of homeless people often are happier than pets of “regular” families, because they get 24 hrs of attention every day, and in most cases they are loved as the most important creature in the lifes of these people.
Nonetheless I think that this picture has very, very strong emotions.
This made me cry. I know they look happy, but god, I just want to reach out and hug them and give them a home. My heart. It is breaking. T_T
most touching loldog eva!
I Cried.
Animals have so much to teach us….
I just keep coming back and looking at this photo, half because I just can’t stop thinking about how sad it is and how much I desperately want to help and half because I think it’s one of the most touching, loving, happy photos I’ve ever seen. The way the dog and the man are cuddled together, they’re all they have and they love each other so much and get such comfort from each other.
Definitely made me cry and think about the world, thanks for posting it.
It’s true, Wabbit. I have never had a human-love so devoted as this dog and his boy (however old the boy is… he could be 30, I dunno)……
I hope these two find a happy place together. They deserve it.
Let’s all take a moment to remember how lucky we are, mmmkay?