I helped (well-watched) a vet patch up a dog with what appears about the same placement. 30-06 at about 50 feet probably. Dog lived, without interior surgery - only at exit wound was some reconstruction required to refasten a torn ligament, and cleaning up the entrance wound.

Bullet passed just under the spine, and apparently just over the lungs, missing any major artery.

Had I not seen it, I would not have believed a dog could live with that shot placement.


The only true cost of having a dog is its death.