You say that as if EVERYONE has this apparent special bond with dogs, which of course is complete nonsense. I can't stand dogs, so my opinion of them is VERY different to yours.
Aha so it's fine to eat meat.
Cats and dogs are meat.
So it's fine to eat cats or dogs.
But wait, it's not fine to eat cats or dogs.
Cats and dogs are meat.
So it's not fine to eat meat.
This is all very confusing.
That's just your standard animal rights spiel, find a couple of photos of some extreme cruelty and make that it's what EVERYONE is doing. You can do the same thing for any animal, anywhere in the World, it doesn't make it right but it gives you a very WARPED view of the reality.
I do disagree with the "Pets are often stolen from households by gangs to sell to the butchers" bit*, but other than that I fail to see the problem with eating dogs. :shrug:
*Although there's a dog in my office I wouldn't mind handing over....