EVER BEEN SCARED OF A HOG?

Mrs Dinah, ill bet you it was a combination of two things. In corn depending on the time of year the dogs don't have great visibility and the sounds of a massive boar crashing stalks can sound like its coming from all directions. Number 2, because the visibility is so poor, they can get charged by the hog and feel like there no way out but down the row they're standing in. Normally a big boar will try a dog and the dog can juke and get a lil room, but in the corn the boar can roll the dog up in the stalks and give the dog the felling of being " up against a wall" if you will. My Ratty dog has been on countless hogs and has only been poked twice (knock on wood) but the boar we posted in "children of the corn" poked her good in the back leg, and she wasn't herself for several days after.

I've had lots of hogs I was scared of. I try to keep my head on a swivel with every hog.