Tough Situation

[Guy]

Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

Gods busy tonight, he sent me.

ROTFLMMFAO!

[Wannakuba]

Originally Posted by jatx

So my question is - at what point would you eat the dog?

Hey, at least it's free. You could go to Korea and pay $30 for only a plateful.

[zeroalpha]

but then again...

what if the dog decides that it needs some food and you start to look appetising?

Maybe it wont be you having to worry about eating the dog....

[jbour13]

Would the dog be worth all of the potential diseases and parasites she is due to get in a survival setting. I'm thinking Frontline is hard to come by and the amount of ticks, fleas and other lovelies might not be worth the hassle.

Weigh your options, if she is a hunter and is efficient and not over zealous in the kill I'd keep her. Dogs are pack animals and as such will follow the strongest in the pack. You start slacking she'll bolt on you to ensure her own survival. Give her a reason to stay (leash works pretty well) and she'll be beneficial. If you start to starve I can guarantee that she'll not be your starvin' Marvin buddy.

I personally have never encountered a situation were I'd have to eat something I have a connection to. I will confirm that dog is not that bad. I had a trip to Thailand and was told that my T-bone was indeed real. Bull$h!t....... I have good sized hands but....T-bones are not supposed to fit in the palm of your hand. Palm.....not including fingers. Also the meat was a little grey.

My basis for comparison......2000 acres and 200+ head of cattle. I know a little about the bovine persuasion.

[Bill Harsey]

jbour13,
I missed your last post on the first go-round.
I guess the designation of T-Bone related to the cut, not the species.

How'd it taste?

[jbour13]

Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

jbour13,
I missed your last post on the first go-round.
I guess the designation of T-Bone related to the cut, not the species.

How'd it taste?

Like kibble!!!

Actually wasn't too bad, a little tough but not too bad.

As you well know, the taste of an animal is a direct reflection of what they ingest. I'm sure he had eaten some rats and other dumped goodies around the area.

And yes, I know what a rat tastes like too.

Thailand is a great place to try insects too. They have open air markets with bushel baskets full of worms, crickets (which stink...bad) scorpions and even the common cockroach. If I were to pick a favorite it'd have to be deep fried scorpions. They taste a bit like burnt hot dogs.

In any regard, hot sauce is your friend!

These are one of the common scorpions in Thailand. Like a bee sting if you get hit by one. Some people can have a bad reaction just like bee stings. They average about 10cm long so they are a good eat.

Edited to add: Mr. Harsey, we're still waiting on the stories of COL Applegates Rhodesian Ridgebacks.

[Diablo Blanco]

Originally Posted by jatx

NDD,

1. The dog is a female Rhodesian Ridgeback. They were apparently bred to hunt mountain lions or some such, but I can only ascertain from her behavior that this was many generations ago. Her name is Lily and she's roughly 45 pounds.

2. I've had the dog for two years. She sleeps at the foot of the bed.

3. I can almost certainly take her in a fight. I'll bet I could get her in a hammer lock (she's very trusting) until she passed out, then smash her with a big rock. I'm open to other suggestions, though, if they don't violate OPSEC.

4. My plan is to make jerky. Jerky will keep a good, long time so long as it doesn't get wet. I could either hang the strips of meat to dry (well away from camp) or smoke them. My preference would be smoking, since it would be faster and pose less health risk, but I would need some good, dry hardwood that I could burn down to charcoal. The one limitation I'd have would be availability of salt to make a brine solution, but you can do without that in a pinch.

5. My ex-wife loved the dog. I'd send her some of the jerky.

6. See 5 above.

7. I do carry some dry food, usually about two pounds, which would feed her for about two weeks on reduced rations, longer if she wasn't out wandering around and burning calories. My thought here is that it would be better to avoid the dog food myself, since I don't know what it would do to my GI tract and I wouldn't want to lose precious electrolytes throwing up or with the squirts. Also, controlling the food means I control her. I don't want my "survival rations" wandering off and not coming back.

8. See 3 above.

Weird, I know a girl who was married to a guy also in the military and they had two Rhodesian Ridgebacks. Her name started and ended with an L.

That being said. To answer your question. I would never kill the dog. I might eat it though. That dog and my current dog could both outhunt me with no weapons. They're smart enough to team up with you for a larger kill as well. Chances are the dog would share it's food with you though.

In reality, the dog would probably get bit by a poisonous snake and die before I had a chance to kill it.