The breed also makes a clever hunter. Attacking a mountain boar, far bigger and equipped with two lethal protruding fangs, the dog aims only for the beast's hind legs. When the boar turns its head to strike, the dog will immediately flee toward its master, with the boar in pursuit.
台灣犬追逐山豬，趁勢攻擊山豬後腿，當山豬回頭以利牙攻擊的時候，台灣犬掉頭就往主人那裡跑；山豬追不上走了，台灣犬又猛跟上去；如此「挑逗」比它們體型大的「獵物」，直搞得獵物精疲力盡，讓主人坐收漁利。