Someone had dumped two dogs out in the country near us. They were some kind of mixed breed. One looked alot like a husky. I don't know why they dumped them. The dogs got very hungry and started hunting on people ranches. They started with small animals like rabbits. We woke up one morning to find them attacking our three bottle fed calves. The smallest calf is probably about 140 pounds. The other two were more like 180. Anyhow these dogs, which were wild at this point, more like wolves, tore the calves hind quarters to shreds! I had no idea how viscious this could be. We had to put one of the claves down immediatley. She was missing a lot of muscle on her back legs, and had wholes torn through them. The other two were also chewed up. We got them to the vet. Infection is presented the moment they get bit. Generally vets don't sew up these wounds right away because they have to drain. It has been almost two weeks. Today we have to take one of the calves back to have her hind leg amputated. The attack destroyed the blood supply. The wounds from these type of attacks get much worse looking before they get better. This is because this type of attack causes so much tissue damage that the tissue has to rot away before new tissue can regrow. On one of the calve, one of the initial bites had about a one and three quarter diameter. Now that all the damaged tissue has fallen away it is about a 5 inches longs and three inches wide. It's really terrible as you can see the muscle and bone. The good thing is that both calves, despite their injuries seem to feel good, and are eating well. As for the wild dogs, well, we caught up with them and no one will be seeing them anymore.
You did those dogs (and yourself and your neighbors) a favor.
Good!