The undefeated Bulldogs (4-0) combined toughness with elite finishing on Saturday to prevail 6.1 (37) to 1.1 (7) in trying conditions.
Kirsty Lamb (25 disposals, seven clearances, one goal) was best-on-ground in her 50th game, combining with captain Ellie Blackburn to feed off the ruck supremacy of Alice Edmonds and dominate the Hawks in the clinches.
Hawthorn's 17-year-old sensation Jasmine Fleming (25 disposals, seven clearances) continues to blossom and was easily best for the hosts, who were also well served by the experienced Kaitlyn Ashmore.
After the first quarter finished in a scrappy, scoreless stalemate, the Bulldogs began to assert their authority in the second term before extending it in the third.
The gulf between the expansion Hawks and the experienced Dogs became more and more obvious as the afternoon's slog wore on.
Blackburn broke the deadlock in the fourth minute of the second period with the first goal of the match, before Hawthorn quickly equalised when Ashmore converted after holding on to a juggling mark.
It would be the Hawks' only moment to celebrate.
After Rylee Wilcox and Gabby Newton built on the Bulldogs' advantage before half-time, the visitors continued to dominate in the third, as the relentless rain pelted down.
Back-to-back snapped goals out of stoppages from teen Heidi Woodley and Lamb made it five without a miss to the Bulldogs, an impressive strike-rate given the conditions.
Winger Isabelle Pritchard swung around on her left after a nifty hand-off from Eleanor Brown and nailed her maiden AFLW goal to start the fourth.
Hawthorn refused to wave the white flag and kept charging to the finish line but they were outclassed when it mattered.
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