I vote on taking the dog with you. If you go hungry for a while of time, the dog has enough calories to last you another month . And if you do not wish to eat your dog , maybe your not starving enough yet.

Bring your dog.

Sorry, no dog. It has been over 25 years for me. I have a 25 year old cockatiel, so he and I will lay low "bugging in" for the most part

Originally posted by CranialSponge
I guess the answer to that question depends:

If it's a chihuahua, don't bother.
If it's a rottweiler, absolutely !

+1 to that!

Thanks OP, you've inspired me to include Samson (See avatar left) in my preparations... He's very smart, protective when needed, friendly when not. I have no doubt he would be a valuable resource if SHTF.

Originally posted by CranialSponge
I guess the answer to that question depends:

If it's a chihuahua, don't bother.
If it's a rottweiler, absolutely !

My daughter's Chihuahua is a Mexican chihuahua she adopted on a trip to Mexico. She's about 18 pounds, tough, sturdy, and she keeps squirrels and birds out of my garden. My pit bull (female) is also bush trained, plus she is weight-pulling trained and can haul a wagon with my two little ones in it for a whole day. That easily translates into travois pulling.

robust chihuahuas have a place - they keep the littles happy and eat small vermin. That was their job before people bred them into bug-eyed shaking nightmares....

Dogs have been proven to lower stress. In a time of extreme crisis I would totally bring my dog along. He is useless though, my big dumb bulldog. But he is very protective, I guess he'd attack if I was harmed... only one way to find out!

We own 3 dogs, all huge.
Titan who is a 154lb English Mastiff, J.C. a 133lb Rottweiler and Maximus a 188lb Great Dane.
I cannot stand small dogs, so I'll be taking thse guys with me and should things get REALLY bad, there's enough meat on just one to last at least a little while lmao.

My Terriers are natural hunters. If anything is in the yard or on my property they alert me with a different type of bark and air sniffing in the direction of the intruder.

In fact just the other night we had a Possum on the Property and in following his lead and illuminating the area he was signaling to ...there it was. right where he'd had pointed it out to be.

Regardless of the size of the dog they all have much better hearing and sense of smell than we do.

if we were both hungry, that Possum would've been Dinner !

They would work perfectly in a bug out SHTF scenario where one is trying to live off the land to be used for tracking deer and such.

Just as they had done in ancient times and why they became domesticated.and partners with mankind.

PEACE