Dogwalker in the US

Often I have seen people walking on the the walkway with a dog or two. One day, I was  surprised on seeing a lady walking holding six dogs on leashes! The dogs with  belts round their necks and in some cases, attractive coloured shirts like blouses on their chests especially in winter and merrily following the lady. The lady has a bag hanging on her shoulder. Each time when  her dog poops on the road,  she takes out a litter  bag from the bag on her shoulder, collects the poop, ties up, and  and puts it in the big bag on her shoulder.( to be thrown in to the trash bin next available). She is a strict disciplinarian like a school head mistress. Whenever one of her group picks up quarrel with its fellow member, she  calls the naughty  by name and commands order and as  obedient children, the quarrel is settled. Still it is a tough job to guide the six in peace.

To my surprise: lady with six dogs!!!, some body clarified that she is a professional dog walker and  the dogs belong to different pet owners who hired her to look after them. Everyday, or on alternate days or sometimes once a week,  she reaches the houses of the dog owners, one after another, feeds the dogs, cleans them and the dog houses( (koodu) and at the end, gathers all her 'clients on leashes'  together and takes them on for walks for an hour or a half as the owners want and returns them to the owners. She may have another  similar batch  at other times too and thus earns her bread by hard labour.The dog walkers are paid on hourly basis, the average rate varies from @10 to 20.

Every body willing to work  in this country has jobs one way or the other, whether it is

cleaning windows,  cleaning houses, cutting grass, or snow removal.  Even kids start working for their college around age 13.  Minimum hourly rate starts at $7.

 Salary high!  Comforts high!  ! cost of living high!  expenses high! mortgages very high! everything high! as  the sky is high!!! and after payments, bank balance 'nil'  Ho, What a Nil  it is!!!!. Still people love life in US!!! Why?