Merry Woofmas?

One of the sights that still shocks me is seeing beggars here on the streets and outside the shops.You even see them at the traffic lights of busy junctions which is scarily dangerous!
It seems strange in the modern age of benefits that they are in such a situation but I suspect many of them are displaced refugees..

I don't normally even notice them anymore but this one was outside Carrefour today and I fell in love with his dog.
I stopped and put some money in his hat in exchange for a photo and also had a stroke and a cuddle with the dog- I want one now!
Thankfully he seemed to being doing well with lots of Euro coins in his hat and a bag of dogfood too.Looks like he won't go hungry tonight