In addition, the dog is at the top of food-chain and is thus more expensive than most other meat choices. Also many Chinese believe that dog meat has too strong a medicinal effect to be consumed regularly. Relatively concentrated dog meat consumption areas in China are in the northeast, south and southwestern areas.

INDONESIA
In Indonesia, eating dog meat is usually associated with people from the Batak Toba culture, who cook a traditional dish named saksang that is like a dog-meat stew. The Minahasa are also well-known for eating dog, which is considered a festive dish and usually reserved for special occasions like weddings and Christmas. However dogs are not consumed by the Muslim population of Indonesia.

KOREA
Gaegogi (also, Kaegogi) literally means "dog meat" in Korean. Gaegogi, however, is often mistaken as the term for Korean soup made from dog meat, bosintang . It is made from a specific breed of dog that differs from those breeds that are kept as pets. Iit is generally considered a medicinal dish (either to improve male virility or to combat the heat in summer).

MEXICO
Dogs were historically bred for their meat by the Aztecs. Hernán Cortés reported that when he arrived in Tenochtitlan in 1519, "small gelded dogs which they breed for eating" were among the goods sold in the city markets. These dogs were called itzcuintlis, and were similar to the modern Mexican Hairless Dog. They were often pictured on pre-Columbian Mexican pottery.

VIETNAM
While it is not considered a daily meat, dog meat is eaten throughout Vietnam. It is more popular in the North than in the South. To many Northerners, dog meat is a popular, if relatively expensive, dinnertime restaurant meal. The term thịt chó, Vietnamese for 'dog meat', is used widely in the North. However, places selling dog meat in the South tend not to use the term, using instead "thịt cầy" (Chow Chow meat) or other word plays to conceal the meat's origin.

In Nhật Tân Street, Tây Hồ District, Hanoi, many restaurants serve dog meat, often imitating each other. Groups of male customers, seated on mats, will spend their evenings sharing plates of dog meat and drinking beer. Dog meat is supposed to raise the libido and is sometimes considered unsuitable for women; in other words, eating dog meat serves as a male bonding exercise. Nevertheless, it is not uncommon for women to eat dog meat.

The consumption of dog meat can be part of a ritual usually occurring toward the end of the lunar month for reasons of astrology and luck. Restaurants which mainly exist to serve dog meat may only open for the last half of the lunar month.

Popular ways of preparing dog meat include stewing or grilling cubes or patties of meat. Dogs' feet are particularly popular.

In urban areas of the north, increasing incomes have sparked a search for new and more exotic recipes. There are about seven dishes featuring dog meat, and they often include the head, feet and internal organs.