Pig dog deaths by wild boar

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@hardcastle How many pig dogs do you know who died to boars? How much do vests help?

[Hardcastle]

Between friends, acquaintances/friends-of-friends and family... I couldn't count the exact number.

"What happened to that brindle dog that was here?"
"pig"
That's a conversation I've had many many times. Mind you "snake bit" and "cooked" (meaning overheated) are pretty common responses too. Up north crocs would be in the running as well.

It's a hazardous occupation for sure.

Vests help dogs have less injuries and less severe injuries after the hunt, but they don't help the dog succeed during the hunt really. So it could be said to be "cheating" that they can hunt so regularly and for as long, but in the contest in that moment with a boar, the vest doesn't aid the dog in succeeding to subjugate and lug the boar. The vest can't prevent a boar from beating up and bettering a dog, and if a dog does get beat up, like really knocked over then gored on the ground, the vest probably won't do anything at all. The boar cane still eviscerate the dog's underbelly and etc. The vest is more preventing the cuts and knocks a dog would get while successfully securely lugging the boar. So on the neck and chest and shoulders, cuts and scrapes a minimised with a vest. It's not "I want my dog to have an unfair advantage and win a fight with a boar", it's "I don't want to be giving a dog stitches and antibiotics and draining wounds etc for weeks after a hunt rather than just doing more hunting, that would be annoying". That's what vests are for. It could potentially prevent a lethal artery slash to the neck, but even then a dog usually will still complete the lug and die soon afterwards. It's cheating at a "career" level, not that individual fight level. The boar can still "win" just as easily in the fight really.