Rising inflation is impacting pet owners and forcing some people to surrender their dogs to animal shelters.

“We’ve seen an influx of dogs coming in because of the economy,” Melody Whitworth, director of Unchained Melodies, said. “People are losing their homes left and right, and they're looking for places for their animals to go.”

Whitworth said often times people will turn to friends and family before resorting to surrendering their animals to a shelter.