Destined for the pot?

Today, while I was on the back of a xe-om (a motorcycle taxi. Pron. "zay om") I saw two fairly large dogs trussed up in a chicken-wire cage on the back of a motorbike. I couldn't get a good picture as they were too far ahead by the time I got my camera out.

It's quite rare to see any medium or large dogs on the streets of Ha Noi, so I suspect that these might have a bleak [and short] future. It's quite common to see little lap-dogs as pets; skinny little rat-like creatures that are not worth eating...