Feral hogs are an invasive species that doesn’t has a real predator that will slow them down.
Most everything gives feral hogs a wide berth.
They are mean, shortsighted, fast and powerful.
They even fight and kill and eat each other if one looks cross at another.
They have a very bad disposition and are fast to anger.
If you come on a group and shoot a couple before the rest runs off, in a bit they will come back and jump those you hit and start eating them, even if they are still alive.
They can give you nightmares.
There are some recent studies about rattlers where hogs have taken over in South TX not rattling any more.
The ones that did rattle were eaten, all that is left is those that are silent.
I don’t think anyone would want to put their dogs in harms way by leaving them outside to fend for themselves where feral hogs wander around.