Beartrap
Dog is the name given to a white
Dog which is first seen with it's rear leg caught in a bear trap. When it is found by
Leon Kennedy near the beginning of
Resident Evil 4, it's whimpers can be heard and it's leg is injured and bloodied by the beartrap. It has no official name, and is simply called '
Dog' in the game. It can be freed in different ways, all with different results.
Leon can either shoot the beartrap, which helps the
Dog escape but then the
Dog is frightened and never returns. Or, you can gently release the beartrap to help the
Dog escape, and releasing it in this way later the
Dog helps
Leon out by distracting an
El Gigante monster a little later on. If
Leon decides to help the
Dog by releasing it, it hops away into the undergrowth but not before turning to
Leon with an appreciative bark.
Or,
Leon can opt to leave the
Dog where it is.
Which is horrible.
Either way the
Dog is not seen again after the
El Gigante encounter, so hopefully it survived.
Beartrap
Dog appears in the
Resident Evil 4 Remake, known as
Dog. Much earlier in his adventure,
Leon approaches what appears to be the
Dog, attached to a bear trap already dead with crows pecking at its flesh. However, this was a red herring - the actual
Dog appears a while later where
Leon can once again save the
Dog from a bear trap.
During the
El Gigante encounter, the
Dog appears in the middle of the battle, distracts the
El Gigante and then bites its ankle which causes it to trip and crash into a quarried wall, which then collapses on top of it, causing massive damage.
While the
Dog appears to vanish after the battle is over, its barks can be heard.
