Comments on: Salvation Army Now Offers Places for Homeless People With Dogs http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/604/salvation-army-now-offers-places-for-homeless-people-with-dogs/ by K9 Magazine, the lifestyle magazine for dog lovers Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:26:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Debi Cole http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/604/salvation-army-now-offers-places-for-homeless-people-with-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-77466 Debi Cole Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:00:58 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/604/salvation-army-now-offers-places-for-homeless-people-with-dogs/#comment-77466 This is a wonderful idea. Dogs are certainly no harder to deal with than their owners. A place that allows pets will help a lot to get the homeless and their animals off the streets during bad times. Many times people can't get help because they won't give up their friends for a room or a hot mea. I'm very pleased that they include vet care and facilities for the pets. I do hope they go very easy on the behavioral assessment as these animals may be as traumatized as their owners and may need a bit of understanding and patience for their own quirks. I hope the Salvation Army in the USA takes this example and starts it too. This is a wonderful idea. Dogs are certainly no harder to deal with than their owners. A place that allows pets will help a lot to get the homeless and their animals off the streets during bad times. Many times people can’t get help because they won’t give up their friends for a room or a hot mea. I’m very pleased that they include vet care and facilities for the pets. I do hope they go very easy on the behavioral assessment as these animals may be as traumatized as their owners and may need a bit of understanding and patience for their own quirks.

I hope the Salvation Army in the USA takes this example and starts it too.

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