Misread topic title, nevermind
I don’t think it is wrong and I have eaten it. We ordered it in China, though I do think it is illegal there. The dog meat does not appear on the menu, but we’d heard it was available, so we got it.
It wasn’t very good, though it also wasn’t prepared in a dish. It was just a hunk of meat.
morally? No.
Would I do it? No.
Monty, I believe the practice you’re talking about is primarily Korean.
In Southern China at least, dog is generally eaten in the winter in the belief that dogs are “hot” and help keep one warm. The practice isn’t to beat the dog nor as a sexual stimulant (that’s what snake bile is for, don’t you know 
). There are probably dog farms but if my name was Fido, I’d be pretty nervous walking down a street.
How do they like their dogs in Maoming?
I’ve stopped eating pigs for just this reason. They’re smart and social and they wag their tails. Next step, I’m phasing out red meat. Cows are dumb and social but well, who isn’t?
We shouldn’t eat dogs because if it wasn’t for them, we’d still be in the caveman stage. Dogs taught us to think outside the predator-prey continuum which is where every other creature on the planet exists. Suddenly, we had partners and thinking about them forced us to think about us in an abstract way.
China Guy: I’m currently in Maoming, Guangdong Province. I’ve heard more than a few people suggest to me that eating dogmeat is “good for a man’s stamina.”
How is the animal dispatched here? No idea. But I can honestly tell you that there are lots and lots of dogs just wandering around. So, my guess is that the consumption of dogmeat isn’t as prevalent as it used to be. But, then, I am in the city, such as it is. It’s trendy now for people with means to have either those yapping little pocket dogs or big towering dogs.
The wife won’t eat anything she considers cute. This extends to lamb.
From today’s China Daily online is this article:
They’re worth more alive than dead. That’s a surprisingly common rule of thumb for determining what is and isn’t food.
I asked a Cantonese why they don’t eat cat. They said it tastes terrible. Trust me, if the Cantonese don’t eat it, it’s not worth eating.
For some reason, eating cat squicks me out way more than eating dog.
I have nothing against the practice per se. Dogs raised for meat are often treated badly, but you could say the same about most animals brought up for food. A lot of Western animal activists in Korea rant and rail about how eating dog is just wrong in and of itself, but I am more concerned about how Koreans treat dogs in general. Dogs as pets is a fairly new concept in Korea, and Korean dog owners are horribly uneducated. They don’t walk their dogs regularly, they don’t train them properly, and often the dogs are kept tied up all day. I feel like animal activists in Korea would do better to educate dog owners on how they should treat their dogs, rather than insult every Korean they meet by arguing that eating dog meat per se is barbaric. The dog meat industry in Korea is dying a slow death anyway.
Many older Korean men eat lots of food (not just dog) hoping that it will boost their “stamina.” It’s pathetic.