Do they eat dogs?

[jimmybcool]

OK I know it is a weird subject line.  Bear with me.  On another forum unrelated to this a poster is insisting that Thais he knows in the US admit to eating dogs in Thailand.  Yes, I have asked if maybe he was talking to Koerans.  My experience is based on visiting Thailand for about 6 months a year for the last 20 years.  In all that time I have never met a thai that admitted eating dog.  And yes, I have teased them sometimes about what they eat like bugs and the like.  Many from Isaan are matter of fact about eating snakes and bugs and everything that moves in the jungles.  But never dog.

 

I'm OK admitting I am wrong but wouldn't like the Thais to be saddled with this misinformation if in fact they do not eat dogs.  Let me know your knowledge.  

[ChouDoufu]

my girlfriend says some people used to eat dog in samut prakan province.  dog meat was sold at the market in tarae city.  government shut it down about ten years ago.

 

she says despite the law, there are (her words) "crazy people" there that still eat dog.

[Scott]

Post with a picture from China reported and removed.  

 

[007cableguy]

I believe Sakon Nakhon is rumoured to be partial to maa!

[scubascuba3]

They eat rats and hope they will start eating dog, i just hope they don't pass it off in my noodle soup

[Martin Spence]

They eat dog and rats in isann

[faraday]

5 minutes ago, Martin Spence said:

They eat dog and rats in isann

Rats, but not dogs.

[sirineou]

Same as you 

13 years in Thailand , 11 married to a lovely Thai lady.

 Never met or met anyone who directly knows of anyone that eats dogs in Thailand. I heard of people eating dogs in Laos but that's the extent of it. And I don't think you will find anyone with direct knowledge in this forum . All you will get is rumors. 

[Curt1591]

I would imagine that, in very poor regions, people will eat anything. However, the connotation that dog is part of Thai cuisine is false. 

[simple1]

27 minutes ago, faraday said:

Rats, but not dogs.

Maybe so, but aren't there more than a few Thai's involved with smuggling live dogs over the border/s for consumption?

[baansgr]

No...if Thais eat dogs...there wouldn't be the problem of soi dogs roaming everywhere...all that free food..

[EVENKEEL]

In Sakon, dudes sitting around the fire drinking lao khao, they're the likely candidates for eating some dog. 

 

I spent years there as a part timer. The fella nearest us was a drinker, he rolled by our place one day with a plastic bag of raw meat. Old lady said it was dog.

 

The MIL had a litter of pups each year, I didn't ask questions. The dog market is gone, but there's plenty of dogs to be sold.

Edited April 11, 2020 by EVENKEEL

[Tayaout]

My wife and ex-girlfriend told me they eat dog somewhere in Isaan near Laos but it's not common. My brother in law raises, eat and sell rats for a good price he tell me. 

[gomangosteen]

We lived in Sa Kaeo 2010-11 and weekly this dog pickup truck would pass through collecting stray dogs.

Never knew where they went, just 'away'. Either northwards, or east across the border to Cambodia I don't know.

Understand collections stopped soon after 2011.

[EVENKEEL]

49 minutes ago, Curt1591 said:

I would imagine that, in very poor regions, people will eat anything. However, the connotation that dog is part of Thai cuisine is false. 

They don't eat it cause they're poor, it costs money. My old lady was cooking dinner one night, same as always, a bunch of food for everyone. I come outside and there's the MIL's boyfriend skinning a couple rats.

Lets see prawns and squid or some tasty rat. Same with dog, Isaan is part of Thailand.

[HighPriority]

Songkran last year wife and I were being driven from Bangkok to the village near Phon Phisai by her sister and husband.
I (think) we stayed with his family at Nakhon Ratchasima, it was Nakhon Nowhere anyway ! ????

So, the next day we loaded up and headed off on mostly backroads to dodge the horrendous traffic and we went through an area where there were Roadside stalls with what sort of looked like Butterflied chicken hanging up... my hosts were sort of excited and my wife told me dog/maa !!
they looked sort of Pomeranian sized...

we didn’t stop, so I can’t offer anything more than that.

 

Mum used to send my wife off to school with bbq rat until she rebelled.

My first breakfast mum cooked me was a rice dish with some sort of mince and all these tiny, sharp shards of bone... frog !

Told the wife to fillet the frog next time... ????????

[donnacha]

They might deny it now, but most families in poor rural areas would certainly have eaten dogs in the hard times a few decades ago.

They might be doing it again sooner than most of you realize.

 

 

[Peterw42]

The question doesnt make much sense, "Do they, (all Thais collectively), eat dogs" ?, As a nation, No, its not on the menu at sizzler but probably consumed somewhere in Thailand. Be it cultural or out of necessity.

"Do some people in Thailand eat dogs in Thailand" would probably be a more relevant question, and the answer would be yes, somewhere they do. Given that neighbouring countries eat dog meat, why would the practice stop at the border.

There was a story in the newspaper in Pattaya a couple of years ago where some guys at a condo builders camp were having a Sunday afternoon K9 BBQ, and the police came and shut it down. There were quotes from the condo builders "we didn't know it wasn't allowed" etc.

 

My wife still thinks its absolutely barbaric that we eat Lamb, for her they are cute little animals that you pat at the zoo, not to be eaten. she literally throws up if we visit friends in Australia and there is Lamb being cooked.

[1FinickyOne]

I had an Isaan GF who told me she prepared and ate dog when young... I think it was not a regular thing with her... 

[jimmybcool]

Thanks everyone.  Yes, I', sure someone in America eats dog.  But in Thailand MOST (the vast majority) of Thais would not eat dog seems to be the answer.  

 

 

[ChipButty]

Might start again shortly so keep your dog locked up

[Peterw42]

My wife tells me stories of growing up dirt poor not far from pattaya, Father died young so it was mum and 6 children. Mum would feed the family with literally 2-3 eggs and some rice. Mum used to put heaps of chilli to make the meal go futher, the kids would balance how hungry they were over how much chilli they could eat.

Now and then some meat would turn up and the kids never questioned what it was, years later mum admitted that it was sometime rat, squirrel, frog etc, although mum never admitted to dog meat, wife is pretty sure it was consumed.

[Ventenio]

yes there are places in Thailand where you can eat dog.  99.9%, since i didn't test it.  

 

in America, it wasn't long ago you could buy shark fins.  then it got banned.

 

other countries, dogs as well.

 

that's why never have them as pets, because then you might not want to eat them.    ?????????????? 

[roo860]

23 minutes ago, kenk24 said:

I had an Isaan GF who told me she prepared and ate dog when young... I think it was not a regular thing with her... 

Was the dog called Lucky?

[Curt1591]

1 hour ago, EVENKEEL said:

They don't eat it cause they're poor, it costs money. My old lady was cooking dinner one night, same as always, a bunch of food for everyone. I come outside and there's the MIL's boyfriend skinning a couple rats.

Lets see prawns and squid or some tasty rat. Same with dog, Isaan is part of Thailand.

Not talking marketed dogs. 

[Yinn]

Better to ask Thai people question about thailand.

Many low knowledge people just imagine the answer. Stupid.

 

99% Thai people think eat dog is terrible, like a rabbit etc. is a pet, not food.

 

SOME people in Sakon Nakorn province, Issan, eat dog. Everyone in thailand know about that. Is on the news. 

Sakon Nakorn province have many Vietnam blood people, since long time. It come from that.

 

MOST people in Sakon Nakorn do NOT eat dog. 

 

SO 10% people in 1/77 province. 

Not much

[recom273]

1 hour ago, gomangosteen said:

We lived in Sa Kaeo 2010-11 and weekly this dog pickup truck would pass through collecting stray dogs.

Never knew where they went, just 'away'. Either northwards, or east across the border to Cambodia I don't know.

Understand collections stopped soon after 2011.

Great picture! 

 

My wife comes from a village between KK and Udon, about 3 hours from Laos border - She has a similar story, the dog truck used to pass through once a week, they would take a dog and in return you would receive a bucket of "louk chin". I guess like rat hunting, if a stray dog wanders into the village it was fair game. 

 

When you don't have the proverbial pot then meat is meat wether its a dog ball or steak. 

 

 

[1FinickyOne]

1 hour ago, roo860 said:

Was the dog called Lucky?

not the next day.

[AndyAndyAndy]

I ate a dog in Thailand on several occasions. Usually grilled meat or cooked livers. It's not a thing that would be sold on the markets. But it's easy to get here in Isaan.

[1FinickyOne]

2 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Lets see prawns and squid or some tasty rat

my wealthy friends in Sri Lanka would never touch prawns or lobster... they were told they were dirty bottom feeders and not good to eat...