{"id":18853,"date":"2022-03-25T11:05:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T11:05:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:05:06","slug":"has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/","title":{"rendered":"Has a dog ever eaten its owner?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#Has_a_dog_ever_eaten_its_owner\" title=\"Has a dog ever eaten its owner?\">Has a dog ever eaten its owner?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#Why_do_dogs_eat_their_dead_owners\" title=\"Why do dogs eat their dead owners?\">Why do dogs eat their dead owners?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#Do_pets_eat_their_owners\" title=\"Do pets eat their owners?\">Do pets eat their owners?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#Would_dogs_eat_their_owners\" title=\"Would dogs eat their owners?\">Would dogs eat their owners?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#Why_do_dogs_eat_their_owner\" title=\"Why do dogs eat their owner?\">Why do dogs eat their owner?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#How_long_does_it_take_for_a_dog_to_eat_their_owner\" title=\"How long does it take for a dog to eat their owner?\">How long does it take for a dog to eat their owner?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#Will_your_dog_eat_you_after_you_die\" title=\"Will your dog eat you after you die?\">Will your dog eat you after you die?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#Do_dogs_eat_their_owners_after_death\" title=\"Do dogs eat their owners after death?\">Do dogs eat their owners after death?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#How_long_before_dogs_eat_dead_owners\" title=\"How long before dogs eat dead owners?\">How long before dogs eat dead owners?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#Do_pets_eat_their_owners_when_they_die\" title=\"Do pets eat their owners when they die?\">Do pets eat their owners when they die?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#Why_do_pets_eat_their_owners\" title=\"Why do pets eat their owners?\">Why do pets eat their owners?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#Will_cats_eat_their_owners\" title=\"Will cats eat their owners?\">Will cats eat their owners?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#Would_my_dogs_eat_me_if_I_died\" title=\"Would my dogs eat me if I died?\">Would my dogs eat me if I died?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#How_long_will_dogs_wait_to_eat_you\" title=\"How long will dogs wait to eat you?\">How long will dogs wait to eat you?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#Will_pets_eat_their_owners\" title=\"Will pets eat their owners?\">Will pets eat their owners?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#Would_a_dog_ever_eat_its_owner\" title=\"Would a dog ever eat its owner?\">Would a dog ever eat its owner?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#Will_your_dog_eat_you_alive\" title=\"Will your dog eat you alive?\">Will your dog eat you alive?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#Will_your_pet_dog_eat_you_if_you_die\" title=\"Will your pet dog eat you if you die?\">Will your pet dog eat you if you die?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/has-a-dog-ever-eaten-its-owner\/#How_long_after_I_die_would_my_dog_eat_me\" title=\"How long after I die would my dog eat me?\">How long after I die would my dog eat me?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Has_a_dog_ever_eaten_its_owner\"><\/span>Has a dog ever eaten its owner?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>In one 2007 report, a Chow and a Labrador mix survived for about a month after consuming their dead owner&#8217;s body, leaving only the top of the skull and an assortment of bone shards. Yet in the 1997 case, the German shepherd began eating parts of its owner soon after death. A Basset hound.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_dogs_eat_their_dead_owners\"><\/span>Why do dogs eat their dead owners?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you die, the animal often becomes distressed and may attempt to &#8216;wake you up&#8217;; they will lick and nip at the face. Once they&#8217;ve licked enough, they may draw blood; this could trigger an instinctive behaviour, resulting in more wounding and eventually consumption of human tissue, she said.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_pets_eat_their_owners\"><\/span>Do pets eat their owners?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Yes, your pets will eat you when you die, and perhaps a bit sooner than is comfortable, Rando told BuzzFeed News in 2015, referring to the case where a dog began to eat its owner who was not dead, but merely passed out drunk.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Would_dogs_eat_their_owners\"><\/span>Would dogs eat their owners?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Yes. <b>Dogs are perfectly willing to eat human corpses, and there&#8217;s no evidence that they treat their masters differently than any other dead body. Many cultures consider dogs unclean precisely because of their tendency to scavenge our remains.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_dogs_eat_their_owner\"><\/span>Why do dogs eat their owner?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dogs do often eat their owners <b>after they die. Some EMTs have reported that when they find a person who has died in their home whose pet has started eating them, it is mostly dogs that are the culprit. If left long enough, a dog will eat a body completely, bones, soft tissues, hair and all.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_long_does_it_take_for_a_dog_to_eat_their_owner\"><\/span>How long does it take for a dog to eat their owner?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In one documented case, a woman died alone and her two dogs  a Chow and a Labrador  consumed pretty much her entire body within <b>four weeks. Sometimes it happens pretty fast, though. I read one study where a young guy had died, and in about 45 minutes his German Shepherd had started chewing.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Will_your_dog_eat_you_after_you_die\"><\/span>Will your dog eat you after you die?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Yes, your pets will eat you when you die, and perhaps a bit sooner than is comfortable. They tend to go for the neck, face, and any exposed areas first, and then, if not discovered in time, they may proceed to eat the rest of you, Rando told BuzzFeed over email.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_dogs_eat_their_owners_after_death\"><\/span>Do dogs eat their owners after death?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Yes. <\/b><b>Dogs are perfectly willing to eat human corpses, and there&#8217;s no evidence that they treat their masters differently than any other dead body. Many cultures consider dogs unclean precisely because of their tendency to scavenge our remains.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_long_before_dogs_eat_dead_owners\"><\/span>How long before dogs eat dead owners?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At some point, the body will start to go rotten past the point of the dog wanting to eat it, and I know dogs can go a little longer than humans without eating. I&#8217;d guess around <b>five to seven days would be the right time to dig in, as long as the human-meat is still fresh enough.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_pets_eat_their_owners_when_they_die\"><\/span>Do pets eat their owners when they die?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>No one tracks the frequency of pets scavenging their expired owners&#8217; bodies, but dozens of such case reports appear in forensic science journals over the last 20 years or so, and they&#8217;re the best window we have into a situation dreaded by pet owners: dying alone and being eaten.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_pets_eat_their_owners\"><\/span>Why do pets eat their owners?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you die, <b>the animal often becomes distressed and may attempt to &#8216;wake you up&#8217;; they will lick and nip at the face. Once they&#8217;ve licked enough, they may draw blood; this could trigger an instinctive behaviour, resulting in more wounding and eventually consumption of human tissue, she said.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Will_cats_eat_their_owners\"><\/span>Will cats eat their owners?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Yes. <b>Dogs are perfectly willing to eat human corpses, and there&#8217;s no evidence that they treat their masters differently than any other dead body. Many cultures consider dogs unclean precisely because of their tendency to scavenge our remains.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Would_my_dogs_eat_me_if_I_died\"><\/span>Would my dogs eat me if I died?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>In one 2007 report, a Chow and a Labrador mix survived for about a month after consuming their dead owner&#8217;s body, leaving only the top of the skull and an assortment of bone shards. Yet in the 1997 case, the German shepherd began eating parts of its owner soon after death. A Basset hound.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_long_will_dogs_wait_to_eat_you\"><\/span>How long will dogs wait to eat you?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Yes, your pets will eat you when you die, and perhaps a bit sooner than is comfortable. They tend to go for the neck, face, and any exposed areas first, and then, if not discovered in time, they may proceed to eat the rest of you, Rando told BuzzFeed over email.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Will_pets_eat_their_owners\"><\/span>Will pets eat their owners?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At some point, the body will start to go rotten past the point of the dog wanting to eat it, and I know dogs can go a little longer than humans without eating. I&#8217;d guess <b>around five to seven days would be the right time to dig in, as long as the human-meat is still fresh enough.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Would_a_dog_ever_eat_its_owner\"><\/span>Would a dog ever eat its owner?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Yes. <b>Dogs are perfectly willing to eat human corpses, and there&#8217;s no evidence that they treat their masters differently than any other dead body. Many cultures consider dogs unclean precisely because of their tendency to scavenge our remains.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Will_your_dog_eat_you_alive\"><\/span>Will your dog eat you alive?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Yes, your pets will eat you when you die, and perhaps a bit sooner than is comfortable. They tend to go for the neck, face, and any exposed areas first, and then, if not discovered in time, they may proceed to eat the rest of you, Rando told BuzzFeed over email.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Will_your_pet_dog_eat_you_if_you_die\"><\/span>Will your pet dog eat you if you die?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Yes, your pets will eat you when you die, and perhaps a bit sooner than is comfortable. They tend to go for the neck, face, and any exposed areas first, and then, if not discovered in time, they may proceed to eat the rest of you, Rando told BuzzFeed over email.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_long_after_I_die_would_my_dog_eat_me\"><\/span>How long after I die would my dog eat me?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On average, your dog will eat you <b>within 5-7 days after your death. Sooner if instinct kicks in, but likely they won&#8217;t start eating until they&#8217;ve run out of dog food and have no other option. After 7 days, your body will start to decompose and no longer be that appealing to a dog&#8217;s appetite.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Has a dog ever eaten its owner?Why do dogs eat their dead owners?Do pets eat their owners?Would dogs eat their owners?Why do dogs eat their owner?How long does it take for a dog to eat their owner?Will your dog eat you after you die?Do dogs eat their owners after death?How long before&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18853"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18853\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}