yeah, read about that today. Grossed me the hell out actually.
The dog smelled the hillbilly's rotten friggen toe, that's all. Dogs eat gross things, it's what they do. If the guy fell over dead and nobody found him for a month, it probably would have left nothing but a skeleton. I really seriously doubt that his mutt sensed something amiss and decided to take matters into his own paws, out of some kind of love for his master or just "doing the right thing" w/ a little instinctual surgical practice. In my opinion, the thing probably smelled it everytime the guy walked in the room and was just waiting to get a shot at it.
I know dogs are smart, Lucy's amazing me w/ how fast she learns. But she also doesnt pass up the chance to gnaw on a dried cat turd if given the chance. Just sayin