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A sad tethered trio

I always feel sad and anxious when I see dogs left outside shops like this, which I imagine is pretty much how the dogs themselves feel. I spotted this trio while out shopping and watched them for at least five minutes before I had to move on. Their owner was nowhere to be seen. I did check on them later and they had been collected, but they should never have been left in the first place. Our dogs would never leave us in this fashion, and they deserve better treatment than this.

 

As you can see in the picture one dog's lead has got caught under another dog's stomach, and I would be

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