[NathanR]

I think the chances that I could have gotten my kid to eat dog meat at the age of 10 are about as close to zero as you can possibly get.

Of course. You are an American living in America. Pets are not eaten. I doubt I could make myself eat dog either, unless I was starving.

In some parts of the world (e.g. Korea) dogs are not necessarily pets, but dinner.

There used to be a gif of a can of "Dog Penis Soup" that some Freeper used to post sometimes.

[mvpel]

Sometimes they’re dinner in the US too - neighbors down the street back in California had St. Bernards in their back yard which they never walked.

[tcrlaf]

Well, it is an OBAMA-EAT-DOG world out there, folks.