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[Twangykid]

Title.

Need some reason to get them over war dogs.

[NRDL]

That does sound like a good idea. 

Now if only there was an all around better system of hunting, in general. 

[knutor]

Yupper.  Hunting dogs are stealthy like kobolds, from what I understand.   I usually tend to not give Hunting dogs to Hunters, because they tend to tantrum so quickly when there pet dies.  Since they roll with low happiness from sleeping outdoors. 

I like to give my hunting dogs to weavers-woodhaulers.  *shrug*

[Sus]

I don't think RL hunting dogs bring the catch all the way to the fridge. Sure, they might fetch the kill from a couple of squares away, but the "Return kill" (to stockpile) falls on the hunter IMHO.

Yupper.  Hunting dogs are stealthy like kobolds, from what I understand. 

They are also slightly better at spotting stealthy intruders IIRC.

[Neonivek]

Hunting dogs in real life only bring back small game.

Also the reason to hunting dogs in Dwarf Fortress is for protection.

[dwarfhoplite]

Reason is actually to make your hunter more efficient. OP is totally right. Hunting animals should return the kill like in real life, however we get into trouble when the game is bigger than your dog.

[Footkerchief]

As shown by a search for "hunting dogs", this has been suggested and discussed before, including factors such as the size of the kill:

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=33117.0
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=5342.msg69414#msg69414
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=32481.msg466764#msg466764