Exactly. Instinct has them protecting their offspring, killing if necessary, and killing to eat if necessary. Some dogs have partially eaten their own masters, mostly out of starvation after death, but sometimes after bites happen and draw blood, their instinct to eat comes. My dogs here, who are fed not only by me but other neighbors, chase chickens all the time, and might kill when I'm not around, but won't eat them. Local dogs have killed and left a few cats I brought to the house, and it wasn't their personal territory but where they roamed.
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