ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit fed his golden retriever, Peter, an entire steak at an NYC restaurant, sparking a furious backlash from radio host Craig Carton who called the act 'disgusting' and questioned the appropriateness of dining with a dog.
Kirk Herbstreit is the target of his ire this time as the longtime ESPN college football analyst and pundit visited an NYC-based restaurant alongside his dog, Peter, a golden retriever with whom he travels. Herbstreit posted a video on Instagram of him cutting up a steak to feed the dog off the plate. Herbstreit added a stopwatch, and Peter ate an entire plate of cut-up steak in under 17 seconds. “I wish he’d enjoy it,” Herbstreit said in the video. “I wish he’d go one bite at a time.” Carton, unsurprisingly, had something to say. “I’m not anti-dog. I just don’t want to go to a steakhouse and eat next to a dog. Because it’s disgusting,” Carton said on his show Friday. “‘I love my dog more than you love your dog,'” Carton added. “You look to your right, and a beautifully cooked medium-rare steak is delivered to the Herbstreit table, but it’s not for any of the adults at that table, it’s for his dog. And Kirk, on camera now — because you’ve got to document everything you do, God forbid you act like a human being and you don’t film every aspect of your life — in a New York City steakhouse. “While you’re getting ready to have a nice meal, the one you work your ass off for, ’cause you get to go out maybe once a week, and enjoy a nice meal with your wife, with another couple; now you’re sharing your meal with a dog.” Herbstreit has been traveling with Peter for the past few years after his beloved dog — and previous travel companion — Ben died in November 2024.
