Would you eat your own dog if you were dying of hunger?

[doggiedad]

and the winner is!!!

Originally Posted by KayleeGSD

No need to eat Kaylee she is a excellent grub, bug, mole hunter. Excellent source of protein when you cant find game animals. Plus there are plenty of things we can hunt in our area such as deer, rabbit, muskrat, possum, etc...

>>>> I would eat another human first and share it with my dog!<<<<

[carmspack]

mmm Shepherd pie, Pup roast, Jerked dog .
Joking aside there are cultures , both modern and ancient , where dog is on the menu daily .
You don't think this did not happen in post war europe.
meanwhile the dog is eyeing your soft little self - haha , without any moral dilema . Cats, don't even wait till your a goner , lay down long enough and they start nibbling your nose.

[ChancetheGSD]

MOST people aren't going to die in a week or two. Your average adult could easily last a month without food (So long as you have WATER, food is actually not overly important in a time of crisis) and in the Amazon there has to be SOMETHING to eat. If you're that useless at creating tools or traps then you don't need to be wandering off alone in the first place.

I personally never would put myself in an area that I could get lost that isn't filled with food sources. IE. I'd never hike the desert. :P If I got lost I'd probably be in a forest of some sort and I know plenty of ways to kill animals even without a factory made weapon. So I doubt I'd kill the dog...I won't say there is no situation that I never would but it'd be a pretty hard one to come across because I could get something like a squirrel to hold me over for a couple days...Even small things like frogs would buy you some time.

Should also add most dogs can also hunt for themselves. Put in a situation alone they will hunt for small sources of food such a mice, squirrels, rabbits, ect. I have no doubt my dogs, even little Zoey, would have any trouble finding their own food. Though if I had to pick one who'd eat ME first, I'd put my money on Zoey. LOL!

[KayleeGSD]

Originally Posted by doggiedad

and the winner is!!!

lol

[Rerun]

Originally Posted by ChancetheGSD

MOST people aren't going to die in a week or two. Your average adult could easily last a month without food (So long as you have WATER, food is actually not overly important in a time of crisis) and in the Amazon there has to be SOMETHING to eat. If you're that useless at creating tools or traps then you don't need to be wandering off alone in the first place.

I personally never would put myself in an area that I could get lost that isn't filled with food sources. IE. I'd never hike the desert. :P If I got lost I'd probably be in a forest of some sort and I know plenty of ways to kill animals even without a factory made weapon. So I doubt I'd kill the dog...I won't say there is no situation that I never would but it'd be a pretty hard one to come across because I could get something like a squirrel to hold me over for a couple days...Even small things like frogs would buy you some time.

Should also add most dogs can also hunt for themselves. Put in a situation alone they will hunt for small sources of food such a mice, squirrels, rabbits, ect. I have no doubt my dogs, even little Zoey, would have any trouble finding their own food. Though if I had to pick one who'd eat ME first, I'd put my money on Zoey. LOL!

This is simply not accurate. Most humans can not last a month without food, and even if you did somehow by some miracle survive that long, you would die of dehydration or exposure because you'd be so out of sorts you wouldn't be able to stay hydrated properly or seek shelter.

I actually watched a really interesting documentary on the first man to walk the entire length of the amazon river (though he wasn't always river side) and he said he, too, had assumed that given what he'd read, the amazon would be teaming with food sources so they many times were underpacked between supply stops. They were in really bad shape for quite some time and they had a crap ton of equip they were carrying. The amazon unfortunately holds a lot more dangers than it does things that can help you. I'd rather not be lost in the amazon if we get a choice where we get lost.

As far as people being useless at traps and tools - it's not always about how useful you are, it's about what you have when you get lost. Not everything can be made or created out of nothing.

[julie87]

Guys if you are disturbed by this question then im sorry you feel that way I didn't mean to cause trauma to anyone this is just something came to my mind after watching that show. This guy was sick with malaria and for him to trap animals was taking hours. He had no time to sit and wait for food, he needed medical help. He walked for 3 weeks and he lost his supplies while he was rafting after his canoe crashed into a rock. I asked this question because in my mind I just couldn't believe he would rather be alone in Amazon without his best friend. It's not a question wether you are prepared or not, I ment "dying of huger" it doesn't mean your dog hunts for you it means you are dying and your only option is the dog there are no IFs just like the guy in the show. Notice how we can be so judgemental of people but then we do the same thing . Never say never is what comes to mind.


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[doggiedad]

i doubt if you die on day 7 and they find you on
day 8 you're going to wish you ate your dog.

Originally Posted by Rerun

The point is that if you are lost in the mountains and a search party is searching for you,

>>>> if you die on day 7 and they find you on day 8 you'd wish you ate your dog and survived that extra time.<<<<

If you make it a week, and eat a few good meals, you could make it at least a few more days if not another week. It buys time.

Now as some are talking about "end of the world dooms day" scenario I suppose I'd still eat my dogs (well, our family would), but it would be a bit more disheartening to simply be buying time for nothing as opposed to buying time lost in the wilderness while a search party is trying to track you down.

I would personally rather not starve to death with my dog by my side. I'd rather live, have a dead half eaten dog, and go home to my children and husband.

[doggiedad]

dying of huger is a million times worst than dying of hunger
so you'll do anything.

Originally Posted by julie87

Guys if you are disturbed by this question then im sorry you feel that way I didn't mean to cause trauma to anyone this is just something came to my mind after watching that show. This guy was sick with malaria and for him to trap animals was taking hours. He had no time to sit and wait for food, he needed medical help. He walked for 3 weeks and he lost his supplies while he was rafting after his canoe crashed into a rock. I asked this question because in my mind I just couldn't believe he would rather be alone in Amazon without his best friend.

>>>> It's not a question wether you are prepared or not, I ment "dying of huger" <<<<

it doesn't mean your dog hunts for you it means you are dying and your only option is the dog there are no IFs just like the guy in the show. Notice how we can be so judgemental of people but then we do the same thing . Never say never is what comes to mind.


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[msvette2u]

Most humans can not last a month without food, and even if you did somehow by some miracle survive that long, you would die of dehydration or exposure because you'd be so out of sorts you wouldn't be able to stay hydrated properly or seek shelter.

It's 3s.
3 min. without oxygen, 3 days without water, 3 weeks without food.
Which reminds me, I saw a show the other day where a guy got trapped on an elevator for a 3 day weekend, couldn't reach anyone, and almost died that way!! It could happen! 3 days...no food or water!

In a real life situation, I've actually thought about this - say that no food was able to be delivered anywhere, everything was shut down, no way to get anywhere. So for a period of weeks, perhaps even months, you were without supplies, etc.
The dog food has ran out, and your own food is getting low.
What would you do?
I know we all love our dogs and they are a part of the family.
But if it came down to feeding your dogs your own food stores, or starving and quite possibly starving your kids (for those of us who are parents), would you make the decision to put the dog(s) down so that more of the humans could survive?
Not talking about eating them...but at the very least saving them from the agony of starvation?

[Rerun]

Yes, I would kill the dog. In your scenario, I'd still eat them/feed them to the family, not just put them out of their misery and let the meat go to waste. I'm sure many would say they wouldn't. And if that's true, well, survival of the fittest and the circle of life. They'll die since they fed the dog the last bits of food they had left, then their dog will eat them and survive, later be adopted by me, and if the same situation repeats itself in the dogs lifespan, I'll kill the dog and eat it and thank god that the last owner didn't, so I could survive by doing so. Circle of life.

In all honesty, it's a cold harsh world out there. Most of us luckily don't have to live in that world. But I'm not going to let my children starve to death when I've got hundreds of pounds of perfectly healthy meat walking around the house/backyard that is easy pickings. I think most of those who think their dog is going to be capable of hunting, catching, and killing enough prey to keep them alive are kidding themselves. I want to live in that world. But I don't, I live in the real world where most dogs would die of starvation themselves because they wouldn't be able to adequately hunt and form packs to hunt larger game to stay alive.