Why do people do this to their dogs?

I’ve been having to use the alley to get off of my street because the city has my street blocked off at both ends because they’re working on it. I think they’re installing brand new pot holes.

I had never been down the alleys before so I didn’t realize this until now. These people have this big black dog, like a lab or something, stuck in a little chain link pen, maybe 6 X 6, in their back yard. The yard is good sized but it’s not fenced. There is a plastic dog kennel in the middle of that pen that takes up a pretty fair portion of the space. This poor dog just sits on the kennel and barks when I drive by. It has to be driving him insane.

I called animal control about it today.

But why do people even have dogs if that’s what they’re going to do to them all day, maybe all night too? That’s no way to treat an animal. :(

We have some friends who had some hunting dogs. He kept them in little pens and runs. Said it ruins hunting dogs if they run loose. It’s sad because he has, like, 90 acres. Would have been heaven for those dogs.