My Dog Is My Home: Lessons Learned from Homeless Pet Owners

Life on the street poses unique challenges for pet owners and the organizations that serve them. Drawing on research conducted among homeless pet owners in five U.S. cities, this talk discusses three lessons learned about the depth and complexity of the commitment homeless people make to their animals. Storytelling sessions feature the voices and expertise of people with lived experience of homelessness with a companion animal.

This presentation was recorded at the 2021 My Dog is My Home C0-Sheltering Conference.   

Presenter: Dr. Leslie Irvine, University of Colorado Boulder, author of My Dog Always Eats First

keywords: My Dog is My Home conference, animal well-being, unhoused people with pets, research. homelessness. human-animal bond