So I rescued a dog recently, a shy cute beagle. As a result I've had more interactions with random attractive women in the past couple months than probably my entire life combined. I'm still too aloof to make anything more of these interactions, but at least it's an ice breaker. Before I was just some creepy loner dude walking around who no girl would have any reason to talk to. Now I'm a loner but walking around with a CUTE PUPPY (not really a puppy but whatever) and girls approach me! I wouldn't believe that this kinda thing works but it does. Now I just have to capitalize on the extra attention. As an added bonus sometimes the dog will approach cute girls on his own, and then shies away when they reach out to pet him. He was found on the roadside and has had some trauma which is very visible, and he's extremely attached to me. This adds to the "adorability" factor and vettes me to the girls as a "decent guy".

Women are definitely mushy for cute pets. Any kind of cute gimmick really.

Sounds like a loveshy dog. Like owner like dog. No wonder you two have grown fond of each other so quickly.

Beagles are very cute dogs.

I have fairly recently become the guardian of a rescue myself. She's a mutt, but if I can be bothred to train her properly, she seems like she can pull off some tricks. Too bad that there aren't any venues nearby with women I can actually be attracted to, to see if it works.