Whereas American palates rarely venture beyond the staples, Asians are far more adventurous diners, enjoying chicken feet, pig brains and countless other dishes that would make Americans squeamish. Still, in Beijing and many other cities in China, dog meat is not commonly eaten and is available only at a few restaurants. It is more popular in the northeast, which has a large ethnic Korean population, and Guangdong province in the south. More and more urban Chinese with disposable income are also keeping dogs as pets. Cui, the general manager of the dog farm and once an avid consumer of dog meat, said he has stopped eating dogs after working with them.
Dogs have intelligence.
They're not like livestock. This is one of the reasons dog breeding has never developed over these thousands of years. Dogs are smarter than other animals and they have feelings. They can understand people. But Zhang, who has a German shepherd as a pet, sees no conflict between raising dogs and eating them.