I saw it. Yep, there was one dead one, and then they had one chase down one of the main characters, swim through the river, and went he was about to get the guy, he gets shot. I was pretty mad about that scene. I thought there was no reason to use this breed at all, and it was just another negative image...I didn't see one eating a deer though, but there was one after the main character shot into a herd of deer, and I think he hit the dog, because the dog was limping and there was a blood trail...
It was an okay movie. It wasn't the Coen Brother's best, but still pretty good...I would have changed a few things...but it was decent.