Spaniel, i'm glad everything truned out well. Your spaniel saved the day.
In this part of OK it is fashionable to take unwanted dogs to the country and turn them loose. All kind of feral dogs running around. The smaller ones become coyote bait pretty fast but the big ones usually survive pretty well.
Was opening a gate a year or so ago and a big Samoyed came at me from under an old building nearby. Got back into the truck, capped my CVA Stag Horn and exited the truck: The big dog came at me again and he died instantly.
Recently the wife of a good friend called me to say that two pit bulls were chasing her cattle. Their ranch is only 5 minutes away and i got there before any damage was done-deceased two pit bulls. A couple of months ago i killed two pit bull cross dogs that were chasing deer on one of our places. An AR-15 does a good job on feral dogs. If a dog is running deer on our property it becomes deceased rather quickly.