You should always save the dog, in Resident Evil 4 and in real life! © Capcom

Presumably he’s letting us know that he’ll be back, later. Leon will open up the trap so that the dog can hop away, though not before some grateful barks. To free the dog, all you need to do is walk up to it and press the on-screen prompt. Either way, no one likes to see animals in harm, so do this pupper a favor by letting it loose once more. Freeing a dog from a bear trap will result in it turning up later to team up with you in a challenging boss fight. Save the dog in the opening hour of Resident Evil 4 and you’ll be rewarded later down the line when he/she majestically returns to help you out during a boss battle.

Not only because it’s the right thing to do, but this particular doggo is one especially good boy.

Should you save the dog in Resident Evil 4? A trapped good boy? Truly, a tragic dilemma Resident Evil 4's Leon. Given Leon’s (appropriate) response to most people, animals and, well, things he encounters in Resident Evil 4 is to shoot them (I mean the crows sometimes carry grenades, they’re asking for it), you might assume you should take the same approach here. Early in Resident Evil 4’s story, you’ll come across a dog/wolf which has its leg trapped in one of the many beartraps littered around the woodland area.