We were wandering in the tropical forest in
Kauai trying to find the trail and we saw quite a few signs
with the following message "Please don't take the dogs. They
are not strays. Their owners will come to pick them up". Just
when we were wondering what they meant with those signs, the
brown dog in the picture showed up. We played with it for a
while, it was a cute dog and I understood why they had to put
up the signs. Lots of people would be tempted to take these
dogs home. The dog left at some point and we continued on the
trail. When we came back from our hike late in the afternoon,
we did see a pickup truck full of dogs, so their owners did
come back for them at the end of the day. I don't know if
this custom is specific to Kauai, it was the first time I'd
seen something like this.