I got 11 dead hogs for the dogs from a friend yesterday evening. The danes sniffed them over last night, but didn't start eating until this morning. In the summer I cut the hogs into about 6 or 8 large chunks with skin on and freeze it whole, but now that the temps are in the teens at night and 30's during the day, I am able leave the entire carcass(es) outside.

Loki has always had resource guarding issues when it comes to food, so I feed them one at a time. Freya was the first to eat this morning.

They always start at the hip/ flank area, as the hide is a bit thinner there.

The hide on a hog is pretty tough, and there's a 1-2" layer of backfat just under the skin.

You can see she has already started to drag it away from the others. Besides just moving it as they pull and tear at it, I think it's an effort to hide it from the others, Maia will go so far as to nose leaves, grass, dirt or snow over a carcass to try and bury it.

Gnawing off the chunk of hide she has pulled loose.

She ate a good portion of the left ham, but didn't eat any bone at this point..

After Loki and Maia had a turn, the entire left hindquarter is gone including the pelvis and leg bones, most of the right ham is also gone, and the chops and tenderloin have all been taken off the backbone.

Internal organs have been exposed but have not yet been touched.

Loki dragging the carcass to a new spot.

This was taken on Day 4, both hindquarters and both shoulders including legs and feet, and all the neck meat is gone. Loki was just finishing taking off the ear.

The loin area of the backbone (the rear 18" or so) has almost been disconnected in this picture, and was hauled away by Maia later in the day, along with the head and neck. She ate the backbone but the head/neck was hidden in the deep grass behind the chicken house. When this picture was taken, the heart, lungs, kidneys and liver had been removed and eaten, but the intestines were still with the carcass.