-> I am going to post this to get peoples opinions, thought I am not sure this 
-> will be a non biased group ( for obvious reasons ) or if I can truly convey 
-> my thoughts on this. Here it is....

-> I have a person who lives somewhere in our neighborhood. He is a paraplegic. 
-> He seems to only be able to travel by wheelchair, mostly. Of course this is 
-> sad, but here is my problem.

-> He has a small black lab. This lab is on the small side to begin with. She is 
-> also, if you saw her, you would say she is undernourished. Her ribs stick out 
-> pitifully. This person wheels along in the wheelchair. He does not use his 
-> efforts, but hookds this lab up to a leash and has her pull him all over 
-> town. If he goes shopping or to the restuarant up the road, or anywhere, this 
-> little lab is pulling him. Now mind you, she does not look unhappy. He has a 
-> wheelchair that looks rather lightweight ( You probably know the kind I mean, 
-> not the standard hospital wheelchair, but a slimlined version, with large 
-> thin wheels ). What bothers me, is this. No matter what the weather he has 
-> that dog pulling him like a pack of sled dogs would.  We had a real hot 
-> summer up here in Northeast this year and she pulled him in these hot humid 
-> temperatures, looking like she was about to keel over. Last winter I almost 
-> jumped out of the car, but restrained myself as he was having her pulling him 
-> over the heavily snow covered sidewalk. When she got him to the corner, he 
-> was whipping her with the leash to get him pulled through the drift that had 
-> built up there. I felt so sorry for this poor thing as she was being whipped 
-> and struggling to pull this 200+ lb guy through the snow.

-> My problem is that I feel sorry for this man and his situation. But this dog 
-> is being forced to do things, I personally have a problem with. She is not a 
-> horse! On the other hand, she looks tired and undernourished, but not 
-> unhappy. I'd like some opinions, what would you guys do. I almost want to 
-> report him, but maybe I should just mind my own business. Yet I see Red every 
-> time I watch her pulling him down the road, in bad weather.

Run it past a companion dog for the disabled agency.
It doesn't sound right to me either.

I am eligable for a wheelchair being just able to walk a bit
and an electric one at that.

Now my Pit Bull that serves as my companion dog doesn't so much as
move to get out of my way as I move about.

I spoil this dog something fierce but he's earned it.
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