>> his entire day is filled and spend providing for his basic needs. If he doesn’t get up in the morning he will freeze to death for lack of heat during the win

>> his entire day is filled and spend providing for his basic needs. If he doesn’t get up in the morning he will freeze to death for lack of heat during the winter. Could very well be the only thing/routine that’s able to keep him going/alive. Being alone with your thoughts & not staying active at all is pretty severely bad for your health. Given that he states his entire family died when he was young & he doesn’t feel as if he can fit in with society, he’s probably quite traumatized & it wouldn’t surprise me if this were the case. >>I feel horrible for those poor dogs though. They seem to be underfed and if he suffers any issues they will freeze to death or starve. I hate that. As much as it may suck to those of us living in modern societies, animals are tools. Especially dogs. They have been appropriated as such for presumably all of human history. In the urban US they tend to be tools for the owners feel good emotions nowadays - essentially ornaments/living trinkets. Like the poor brachycephalic Frenchie of somebody I’m currently living with that can’t breathe & slobbers all over itself 24/7. If it ever got out of the house by itself, it would be eaten in around 10 minutes by any one of a few dozen coyotes that inhabits my desert neighborhood. If you want to be sad about animals, direct that towards your local chain animal shelter that non-humanely euthanizes & incinerates them by the 55 gallon drum. Not some lonely hermits only companions & day-to-day assistance. Oh boy. I’m being a buzzkill. I really do hope he’s able to get a proper window that will hold up in that environment through this social media exposure & perhaps some sort of security/lifeline for if he were to suddenly fall ill. Anyways - I was very much reminded of the Lykov family upon seeing this story. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lykov_family https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lykov_family