Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
I think breeding a working animal like a dog for eating is much more of a "cultural thing", we domesticated dogs for work and partnership (with them as the lesser partners). Eating them as a delicacy is a sign of wealth, you are so well off you can afford to eat your dogs.

Normally, that would mean your society was going down the tubes.
I actually think that it would have started out of desperation rather than wealth. When you get to the point that you don't have a choice, it's either eat the dog or die. I think most delicacies would have started like that. Think about it, who would eat a mollusc or scrape fungi off the forest floor unless they were bloody desperate for food? Yet nowadays snails and mushrooms are delicacies that most people only buy if they have a bit of extra cash to spare.