Dogs aren’t any smarter than pigs.
I don’t keep pigs though I’ve read somewhere of their intelligence. Presumably smarter than some dogs. I do know the wild hog is tearing heck out of the local National Forest and Eglin Reservation. There are local hunts being conducted by the FWC to thin the population in the forest.
Raising a free range pork chop on my pastures has been a thought but memories of the last piny woods hog I dropped
causes me to pause. No bacon there, just lean stringy and gamy. I much prefer bambi.
The ferrel hogs are just target practice. Some choice cuts into the grinder with fatback makes an acceptable sausage.