I haven't had dogs bother me while hunting. However, when I was living at home on the farm, we had a pack of six dogs (six pack I guess) from our neighbors about 1 1/2 miles away coming in and raising heck. They were told on several occasions to get them under control, but they didn't care. One evening six came in and only four left. I never did see those four again. They must have thought they were in dog hell with that .308 booming. LOL Don't think I am a dog hater, I love dogs. Some of my best hunting memories are pheasant hunting with my golden.