if you were lost in the desert or some kind of wilderness and you were out there lost with your dog. would you kill your own dog for food? I would never do something like that, i could not look at an animal alive then kill him/her and eat them. i think if someone does that there a coward, i’d rather die being brave than chickening out because im so hungry. i’d rather starve. I would may consider it if my dog died of natural causes but not by me killing him/her. and your dog could be your only ticket to rescue, your dog could run and wander off and if someone finds him/her then they can have a decent area in which to find you. And your dog could hunt rabbits/birds for you or something like that.