MXdad
Platinum Member
I personally will draw a line when it comes to eating one of my dogs unless it came down to him or me starving. But at the same time I have raised many a calf and chicken that I saw come into the world and enjoyed and raised until the time they hit the dinner plate.Hard to eat something that you saw come into this world, took care of and LOVED, was besides you every day as you got older and cried like a baby when your companion of many years looks into your eyes and has to be put down, or dies naturally... I, for one, would rather die with my companion, then kill and eat him. These animals for all that it's worth have a, shall I call it for a lack of a better word, a SOUL, that communicates with his human.
However I will say that if anyone knows a person that enjoys eating dogs put them in touch with me we have plenty of Coyotes around and I thin the population at every chance I get. Tell the dog eaters I will supply them with all the fresh Coyotes they want
Being on a farm, I can understand where you come from. BUT most of us aren't farmers, and live a different life, and have different PRIORITIES, one is that we PROTECT these small being that were, however they came, into our care. If I LOVED those calves and chickens, I couldn't kill them, but if I looked at them as PROPERTY, and the way I made my living and fed my family, I can also understand where one would come from...Fortunately I am NOT in that position, nor would I ever want to have that mindset!
Whats the difference in raising cows and chickens to feed your family and going to Micky Ds for a burger or Ruth's Chris for a bone in Ribeye. I don't make my living off my farm and have put myself in the position to be able to feed my family wherever and whatever we desire. To me its about knowing where my food comes from, I much prefer to feed my family from animals we raised or hunted. I know how these animals were raised, what they were feed and am 100% sure no antibiotics/hormones were used. If I looked at the cost per pound I am paying more per pound than I would in a supermarket, but in the end I know what I am feeding my family is natural