Dogs

[John]

I don't know if this subject has seen the light of day before.

What if any sort of problem, if any, do you think dogs may be Post SHTF?
How would you deal any problem?

[bigpaul]

this one has already been done John.

[Highlander]

Yes it has been done, but we might see some new answers.

As people start to feel the pressure and food starts to become short, dogs I am sure will be let loose to fend for themselves, when that happens the problem will start

Dog will naturally form packs, all shapes and sizes will run together, and they will start to revert back to a more basic level of behavior

They will start moving as a pack in order to find food, they will start by roaming through the rubbish, your bins, back alleys .

The real problems will come when they become very hungry, it will only take one brave dog to make an attack for all the others to join in, they will bring you down in an instance,... once blood has been tasted, they have crossed the line, and will attack at will

If you live in a built up area, I would strongly suggest you take all dogs very seriosly no matter how cute they look of how long you may have known them, because after an event, and they become hungry, they will be a big problem

[Prepper1]

[BeardyMan]

Better eat 'em then if they're going to be that much of a problem.
Silver lining

[bigpaul]

yep, thousands of Chinese takeaways cant be wrong!

[Prepper1]

[Tartar Horde]

For me Dogs are a great asset and if the poop does hit the fan I intend to have at least half a dozen "long Dogs", well trained dogs are the best detection devices around, and will help put meat on the table, and will fight to the death to protect their pack (you and your family). If you have to Hunt, then doing it with dogs will bring far more rewards then doing the "lone Hunter" thing. A dogs nose is one of the best devices for tracking and finding game that would otherwise be invisible to our human eyes. They can also alert you to intruders long before you can see them giving valuable time to prepare. There's a reason most third world villages have dogs, and that is because it is impossible to enter such a village at night without being detected by them. As for safety against other dogs, your dogs will patrol your patch and attack any other dogs that enter their territory and alert you by the noise. A pack of wild dogs would attack a human without firearms, but a human backed up with Dogs is another matter. They were the first animals we domesticated and have shared our Ice age hunts and campfires, I wouldn't be without them.

[bigpaul]

I intend to "obtain" some more dogs post SHTF, a good dog is far more use than some humans

[Midnitemo]

Not for me dogs post event....i feel unless you are adopting an overt stance then dog's are of little use...you cannot 100% keep a dog quiet...great for warning you of intruders but equally great for attracting attention to you...so as i intend on stealth as my major strategy then no dogs for me...another mouth to feed to. may consider dogs afterwards maybe a year in when things have settled.

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Better eat 'em then if they're going to be that much of a problem.
Silver lining

i'm not above eating dog as long as there are no signs of i'll health.