Sounds like if anything your freinds did a great job and spent alot of money at two vets going above and beyond trying to save the dog, many cant even do that, amputations are not cheap! Saying lacy's are cut more than catahoula's is spoken by someone who is clueless about hunting with dogs thats ridiculous
. Heat kills more dogs than hogs do, bulldogs are obviously the most injured or killed not curs of any kind.