Your pet is quite plump....

[raptor]

TPSH please check your PMs.

[ritepath]

I hate our wiener dogs so yeah, no problem eating those rotten turds. Don't ever get mini dachshunds expecting them to be great guard dogs....they'll run from coyotes and bear, the run and hide (while barking) at strangers. They are pretty good at diggin up moles, and catching mice however.com

The coyotes keep eating my cats before they can get plump....on the bright side I've only lost one this year to the dogs, my neighbor has lost 3 or 4 and my other neighbor a feist.

[Voodoolove]

I don't think I'd be able to bring myself to eat my dog she's much more of a kid to me then a pet. I wouldn't have any problem eating the evil cats or the turtle though....as I remember turtle soup is pretty yummy lol.

[buck85]

If one had a milk cow that broke it's leg , are you going to let it go to waste?
Dogs: yes I would eat them,(to all those who raise hens for eggs,what do you when she stop laying?)
Cats,rats, snakes birds, bugs and lizards Yes!!
Possums: I will die first!!

[HKTackDriver]

If I were to the point of starvation where I'd eat my dog, I'm betting my dog would have starved long before me. I would probably also use my dog to catch other animals. So no, no matter how bleak, I wouldn't eat my best friend, I'd set her upon the world and I'd eat bark and roots.

[missouri dave]

My dog no. Your pet maybe.

[shrapnel]

A little contrary to your sig, Missouri Dave.

[missouri dave]

It IS hypocritical but we're talking starvation here not normal conditions. If it makes you feel better I just don't think I could eat a dog and could only kill one in self defense. Never much cared for cats though.

[squinty]

I'd do a lot of unfortunate things to not die. But instead of doing those things, I prep. I prep enough for my dog as well as for myself. Eating a pet is like drinking your pee. If you get desperate enough to do it, that's a prep fail.

ETA: but I'll say it one more time: if I don't survive the plane crash, feel free to make roast leg of Squinty. I'm tender and generously marbled. No fair bopping me on the head or deliberately letting me die when you could have saved me, just 'cause your hungry. I won't countenance that! But if I die fair and square and you're going to starve otherwise, by all means have a Squinty taco.

Don't eat my dog. He eats poop.

[Hachiman]

I'd do a lot of unfortunate things to not die. But instead of doing those things, I prep. I prep enough for my dog as well as for myself. Eating a pet is like drinking your pee. If you get desperate enough to do it, that's a prep fail.

ETA: but I'll say it one more time: if I don't survive the plane crash, feel free to make roast leg of Squinty. I'm tender and generously marbled. No fair bopping me on the head or deliberately letting me die when you could have saved me, just 'cause your hungry. I won't countenance that! But if I die fair and square and you're going to starve otherwise, by all means have a Squinty taco.

Don't eat my dog. He eats poop.

But Squinty, if we wait too long you will lose all that wonderful marbeling... Dogs are useful tools and companions but are quite vicious when turned feral, especially under ZPAW conditions. Please consider trading it off if you can no longer support/feed the animal rather than turning it loose so it can maul and eat someones child or chase whats left of the wild game out of the area.

Myself, if worse came to worse I have no issues feeding my family Ribeye of Rottweiler.

[squinty]

I'd do a lot of unfortunate things to not die. But instead of doing those things, I prep. I prep enough for my dog as well as for myself. Eating a pet is like drinking your pee. If you get desperate enough to do it, that's a prep fail.

ETA: but I'll say it one more time: if I don't survive the plane crash, feel free to make roast leg of Squinty. I'm tender and generously marbled. No fair bopping me on the head or deliberately letting me die when you could have saved me, just 'cause your hungry. I won't countenance that! But if I die fair and square and you're going to starve otherwise, by all means have a Squinty taco.

Don't eat my dog. He eats poop.

But Squinty, if we wait too long you will lose all that wonderful marbeling... Dogs are useful tools and companions but are quite vicious when turned feral, especially under ZPAW conditions. Please consider trading it off if you can no longer support/feed the animal rather than turning it loose so it can maul and eat someones child or chase whats left of the wild game out of the area.

Myself, if worse came to worse I have no issues feeding my family Ribeye of Rottweiler.

Mines a Jack Russell terrier. If he absolutely had to, he could support himself catching vermin in the mouse - mole - garter snake - bug sized category for awhil, I've seen him do it.
He's no more than a mouthful, a good watchdog/alarm system and such a natural comedian that his morale lifting ability is a genuine contribution to a survival situation. Whereas he's too small to be much of a meal, tough and stringy, and like I said, he eats his own and other dogs poop once in awhile - not an appetizing meal. I prep for him as well as me, and if anyone tried to eat my dog I'd probably go chuck effin' norris on their no'count pet munchin hides, so, there's that.

I wouldn't just turn a domestic animal loose to slowly starve, that wouldn't be any more humane than eating it.

[Bixby]

No Chance. My Pug is a super plump, alright he's fat as hell, little guy but there is no way I could eat him. If it came down to that kind of choice it sounds like I, and he, would be proper fucked anyway. I'd rather use him as a sleep warmer till I kick it. Then he could do whatever he wants, I'd rather one of us have a fighting chance.

[HKTackDriver]

A little contrary to your sig, Missouri Dave.

I dont' see anything contrary. All I see is that in desperate situations, people do desperate things. One thing would to not eat a family member, but another animal is fair game. He also didn't say he'd be taking anyone's dog away from them, so who is being wronged? I'm assuming in an apocolypse type scenario, dogs WILL be running around loose. The vast majority of people will not be able to take them with and will give them a fighting chance.

Personally, I have a hard time killing dogs, eating them is even tougher. I like these moral dilemna threads, I believe talking these issues out in advance will at least begin to prepare you for what could eventually occur. That said, the CoC prevents probably the most meaningful conversations we can have here out of some sense of political correctness. Oh well.

Do neighbors make for good eating?

[fourway]

Personally, I have a hard time killing dogs

Me too! They are way tougher than you'd guess... you really need to kill the hell out of them otherwise they can take forever to actually die, or even fail to die altogether.

[HKTackDriver]

Personally, I have a hard time killing dogs

Me too! They are way tougher than you'd guess... you really need to kill the hell out of them otherwise they can take forever to actually die, or even fail to die altogether.

Seriously though, I've only hurt one dog in my life, but that was only after it bit my eye. I'm sure I'd feel differently about wild packs or injured dogs, but not seemingly healthy and friendly animals. It's on par with hurting a child for me.

[Girthquake]

I couldn't possibly kill and eat my dog. Even if I set aside the fact that she's fast and loves chasing small game or the fact that she is my companion. My dog is a greyhound mix, she has very little meat on her. It wouldn't be practical at all. She would be much more useful in catching us food, and she doesn't each much and would most likely be happy to share. So Puppy would get to live. (I didn't name her)

Other people's pets or feral dogs on the other hand may not be so lucky. More of a last resort type thing, but meat is meat.

[Danger]

I love dogs and I think their help with security both as a lookout early warning and offensive ability if big enough makes them very valuable alive but if it is completely desperate then sorry Fido we have to eat.

[Laager]

Hmmmmm, let's just say that I spent a lot of time in Asia (way back when) and well it does not taste like chicken. Note to self: When eating bar-b-que on a stick off the carts on the street assuming its beef is not a good thing.

Choice between my pet and my kids....well it is time to break out the 101 Ways to Wok your dog.

[fourway]

meat is meat.

I have eaten a sufficient variety of different critters to be very confident checking the "strongly disagree" box.
Some meat seems to be leather all the way through... some seems to be snot... still other types seem like rubber bands marbled with gristle.

the only meat I've ever found myself unable to keep on chewing and swallowing after the first couple of bites though was porcupine... which while somewhat meatlike in texture, tasted exactly like dog feces smells with an aroma and aftertaste to match... with a lingering note of burnt rubber.

My dog doesn't have enough meat on him to make a decent finger sandwich.
But I'd consider using him as bait in a pinch. (he's fast as hell, I suspect he'd be reusable)

[buck85]

ETA: but I'll say it one more time: if I don't survive the plane crash, feel free to make roast leg of Squinty. I'm tender and generously marbled. No fair bopping me on the head or deliberately letting me die when you could have saved me, just 'cause your hungry. I won't countenance that! But if I die fair and square and you're going to starve otherwise, by all means have a Squinty taco.
.

If I am not the last animal standing
Pass me around
take a leg, a ham or a thigh
If it will help do not pass me by.

[Girthquake]

I have eaten a sufficient variety of different critters to be very confident checking the "strongly disagree" box.
Some meat seems to be leather all the way through... some seems to be snot... still other types seem like rubber bands marbled with gristle.

the only meat I've ever found myself unable to keep on chewing and swallowing after the first couple of bites though was porcupine... which while somewhat meatlike in texture, tasted exactly like dog feces smells with an aroma and aftertaste to match... with a lingering note of burnt rubber.

My dog doesn't have enough meat on him to make a decent finger sandwich.
But I'd consider using him as bait in a pinch. (he's fast as hell, I suspect he'd be reusable)

I see your point and I'm probably not as well versed in eating different types of meat as some others here. However maybe it would be more accurate to say that meat is sustenance. It may not be pretty or taste good but if it came down to staying hungry or suffering through eating it, I think I would choose to eat.

Is it wierd that the last sentence made me think back to a football coach and his advice on "dating".

[man in black]

listen, my cats danzig and draculina are untouchable anyone who puts a hand on them will bring back a stump, i mean i practically don't need to protect them at all.

[M14fan]

NO! Not only will I not kill my pets for food, I will shoot others who make the attempt.
It is my belief that dogs (my pets are dogs) are here to teach us about unconditional love, complete forgiveness, absolute loyalty, and total trust. To betray that kind of friend to save myself would take from me the last shreds of humanity and after that happens, what is the point? Besides, the more I know about people, the better I like my dogs. The only way I will kill one of my pets is to relieve untreatable suffering.

[USMCSergeant]

A friend of ours landed a new job in another state and unfortunately couldn't bring both her cats. We offered to take in one of them, it happens to be a persian himalayan, blue point. I think that means it has a "squished" nose and mouth. The poor cat wasn't groomed for god knows how long and the fur on her back was matted to the point of no return. So we gave her a lion cut, which is hilarious on its own. I then noticed the belly on this cat. Completely rediculous. The cat looks skin and bones, except for this massive belly. She is spayed, no preggo's allowed!