Asian myths-do Chinese really eat dogs?

It is not a myth in Asia. It is a fact. Many Asians take dog meat as just one of the meats like pork, beef or chicken. As far as I know, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, and maybe some others eat dog meat culturally. Although this practice is mostly not encouraged or even banned nowadays, there are still such activities. Whether it is "civilized" to eat or not, I think those people that involve could have their own opinions. They could say that they consider dogs are just like pigs and cows. If eating pork and beef is okay, why can't dog? They could argue that if they keep a cow as pet, can they ask the world to stop eating beef? They could also say that if we care about suffering of the animals, then we should not eat any meat at all. A dog is not higher than a cow or a pig as far as life and feeling is concerned. No. I don't eat dog meat, and I love dogs.

I would say that dog eating belongs to a different culture, not that it is not civilized. In some places (in the US) they eat lizards, deer and they import some sorts of ants from Mexico as a delicacy. In other countries they eat snakes. I have eaten guinea pigs in Perú (yummy!), frog legs (I prefer chicken) and many other sorts of protein as I´m interested in trying local food when I travel. In my opinion, it is better to eat an animal that to die of famine. There are 2 billion undernourished people on Earth. I don´t think there´s much difference (as ethics go) between eating a cow or lamb or eating a dog.

In certain Asian countries, dogs were--in the past--primarily food rather than pet. This includes my country. These days, there are already laws against the slaughter of dogs for their meat in my country but the prohibition was only enforced about 12 years ago. In some places, dogs are still killed illegally, although the practice has now become socially unacceptable. I had the same feeling as dog lovers may have when I watched a food show and saw that guinea pigs are eaten in certain Latin American countries. They are so cute, why would people eat them? But over there, guinea pigs are livestock, not cute fluffy pets. I have personally never eaten dog meat and will definitely not, since I am a dog owner. But I cannot deny nor denounce the fact that dog meat eating was a part of my people's culture and history. Things have changed and this is now deemed shameful, but our ancestors did not kill pets and eat them, they killed animals that were really meant to be food.

I am English and I have a vegan diet. English people that are meet eaters like to east cows, pigs, lambs, fishes and wouldn't eat dogs, cats or horses. We found out in France some people eat snails and horses. I know that in the past due to poverty some of the Chinese people ate dogs. I am sure not many Chinese people do. I don't eat any kind of animal. I have two pet dogs and adore them.

This is one of those things that I believe actually happen but not in large enough quantity to turn into stereotype.When people hear or see somthing impressive like other people eating dogs they immediately remember it and then they heair it's done by Chinese people they can't help but associate it with all the Chinese people despite the fact that it's not really a big group. People are like that,don't let it bother you that much,a very small amount of people actually believe that most Chinese people eat dogs.Just my opinion,I'm not qualified to analyze human behaviour but I still believe I got pretty close to the actualy explanation....

But what are those pictures that I saw on the internet where Chinese slaughter and hang those dogs like they were chicken? Are those hoax?

well some make them "adobo", "curry", or "bbq". and make their skin into "wallet" or some kind. in some provinces on china and some provinces in the philippines too. this was reported last 5 yrs ago.

In fact, there is the custom of eating dogs in some areas in China right now. And there used to be a eating-dogs festival in city JinHua of ZheJiang province one year ago, but now this so called festival has been denied. That tells us that even though there are some bad customs,but we notice it more,and not waiting for a long time, the bad customs can be banished. I love dogs.