Eating dogs in China is uncivilized??? Look what's legal here (we can help all furry creatures)

i dont judge anyone for what they eat. while i find it slightly unsettling that they eat an animal we nurture and love so much its part of culture. There are people who find that us eating cows is horrific

I understand your feelings, however, we are talking about a culture in which starvation was a common occurance for the general population.  Hunger was the typical condition.  The chinese have just recently (last couple of decades) had enough food for the general population that average height and weight have started to match the world average. 
When a friend went to visit with a tour just prior to the incident with the students at Tienimin (spelled phonetically to my ear) Square, she reported there were no wild animals (squirrels etc) to be seen either.  Meat protein has been scarce in China historically,  if people were having to choose between a dog and their children, I cant say I wouldnt make the same choice.

I really don't want to go into this topic. 
I agree with Lizziecollie & mrv about this.
I also dislike how certain people would judge China as a dog eating country.
You have to really understand what's it's like to be in some parts of the world that don't have what we have here in the US.  We think it's fine eating cow, having a steak for dinner but in some other parts of the world they think we're eating something they won't touch. 

There is a farm around here that raises calves for veal and they are not crated...the have a shelter suitable to their size and a small pen.  I don't believe animals should be treated inhumanely.  If they were really being tortured don't you think that it would be stopped when the authorities find out.  I guess the only way to avoid any of this is to go vegan and wear only fabric or manmade materials for shoes.  No country is perfect with its treatment of animals.  What about those who trip the wild mustangs and chase them and tortue them?  There are alot of sickos in the world.

So incredibly sad. [] [] [] The horrible torture of feed animals REALLY makes me want to become vegetarian.

I really wish it were possible to post an intelligent, concise, succinct reply to this subject, but it is so very hard for a dog lover (i like cats, love dogs) and a meat eater to do so. I have been in many countries in my 60+ years starting with vietnam, and have seen many kinds of barbarity (to my way of thinking, not theirs), yet still care for my fellow human being. I recently saw a photo of a load of dogs being transported to a butcher in Korea. I almost gagged, as I saw one that looked so much like Sallie. Of course my heart went out to all of them, and I signed a petition to stop such acts, but as suggested previously, they eat dogs, we eat cows, goats, sheep, chickens, pigs, rabbits, etc., all of which are pets to someone somewhere.
 
But I still cannot feature eating a dog. I shudder, and I am a 30+ year military/civilian government veteran.
 
Go figure. My heart goes out to all of them, and to all of us who care.

I think we just have to remember that there many cultural differences around the world and that people have to respect the customs/laws of whatever country they are currently IN regardless of whether or not they differ from those in the country they are FROM. If we find outselves visiting a country where dog is usually on the menu, we certainly don't have to order it, but we can't bash the natives over it, either. Likewise, if someone from one of those countries winds up here, they need to understand that sneaking up on someone's dog with a bottle of bar-b-q sauce is so NOT OK and behave accordingly.

Joyce

if someone from one of those countries winds up here, they need to understand that sneaking up on someone's dog with a bottle of bar-b-q sauce is so NOT OK and behave accordingly.

 
This is precisely why I choose to stay here, and not spend my money in countries where I disagree with such customs.  There are enough countries around the world that like dogs - and not on the menu!
As to the cruelty that is perpetrated in this country, I try not to support it, by avoiding products that are not produced in a humane manner.  I'm sure I'm not 100% accurate in doing so, since no one can know everything, but I sure do try to support enterprises that are humane. 
 

How much DOG is getting eaten in these countries?  A friend of my sons was in I believe Korea in the armed services a couple of years ago, I asked him if he ate dog while there,,,just joking (real funny, huh???) and he said he didn't even see it anywhere that he was!

Yes, they do eat dogs in Korea. I am Korean though I live in Germany.
It´s interesting, everyone here immediately cries out when it comes to such a topic, that it is so cruel eating cats and dogs and in this forum the understanding for such behaviour is much bigger. I´m usually accustomed to defend those traditions but here I have to take a stand for the other side.
I don`t condemn eating whatever animal though I don`t understand how people can eat such beautiful creatures as dogs but I do condemn the way how they get slaughtered, how they have to "live", better to "exist" before they get killed at last.
 
But I think it`s the wrong way not to go to such countries because that doesn`t make it better, it just punishes those people who try to make a living out of tourism, poor people who really need the money to exist.
And avoiding such countries is impossible because the laws for protecting animals are not stringent enough in any country.
I´m glad that Germany has laws that come at least close to a "humane" way of treating animals, that chicken, cows, pigs, etc. are to be held in an appropriate way to the species. But those laws still don`t go far enough.

It is a cruel world. Some customs and standards are worse then others. Its too bad. I chose to not think about it, and that certainly doesn't help a thing. But what can we do to change things? I bet people have been saying these things for years and years.