No, our darling Trixie Hobbitses-They-Stole-Our-Precious didn’t get a “taste for blood.” In fact, I don’t believe in the concept.

All kinds of people, both city dwellers ignorant of any kind of farm experience where a dog could eat something similar to a chicken and get “a taste for blood” and farm people who do witness a dog eating something similar to a live chicken and getting a “taste for blood,” believe in the concept of “a taste for blood” which is, if a dog eats a chicken or something similar, they now have “a taste for blood” and will keep killing chickens.

It’s not “a taste for blood” that they have. They’ve just found out that the chickens are made of meat and, ooh, meat animals are good to eat. I know that meat animals are good. But I can read and use language skills. Dog’s cant.

So, when I bring home some cow parts to cook up, I know they are cow parts. Not that my dog could take down a cow, but it doesn’t know that if it did, there are tasty meat pieces inside. So, when a dog finds out that chickens are meat creatures. Hey, why not.

And anyone who tries scolding a dog hours after he eats some meat animal, even if the dog’s face is covered in blood, the dog has no idea what the person is talking about. You’d have to catch the dog eating. And even then, if the dog is stupid, they still may not make the connection.