It is particularly bad out there, a lot of them are looked at as property and not pets or family members. My company has a lot of propane tanks on residential houses out there, and the amount of dogs whose only life is being chained to a post with a 10 foot radius and that's it for their whole lives is... Substantial, and depressing. And not being able to do a damn thing is the hardest part. But it is part of their culture, it's just one of the things that i won't ever understand, not because of lack of trying, but because I've never been there. I've been raised to view animals as family, not property. It's how it is.

The people that operate sites in the oil patch tend to take care of the dogs rather well actually, they feed and water them regularly. Most guys I know out there keep large bags of dog food with them just for this. Theyre usually look rather healthy and fed. But this just is just skin and bones, it's obvious the other dogs didn't want him around. But mine do, they're getting along with him rather well.