OK, here I go again, getting into spomething that I probably shouldnt. But first let me tell you a little background first. When I was about 8, ( I am 36 now) I was attacked by a German Sheperd. I was standing on my friends steps outside his house petting the dog while they were in eating lunch. Well, the dog must have decided that he was hungry too so he jumped up and put his front legs around my head and put my whole head into his mouth, his top fangs were in my temple area and his bottom ones were on the other side of my face sticking thru my cheek and into my tonge, I was looking right down into his belly. He pushed me over the railing on the steps and never let go. He landed on top of me and started shaking my head around like a rag doll. The doctor told my mom that if his top fang was 1/8" over to 1 side, I would have died. So needless to say I am not real fond of some dogs. And to top that off, My wife is a vet tech, and if I did ever shoot a dog for any reason, I had better not come home.
Now, about 10 years ago, I was gun hunting with some friends of mine and we lost our hunting grounds so a friend of one of the guys that I was hunting with said we could hunt with him. Long story short shortly after I found a place to sit, this stray dog comes up and lays right by me , the whole time that I was there. He even walked out with me. When I came out of the woods, I had to cross this big grassy field. This guy that was a friend of my buddies starts screaming at me to shoot this dog. I told him no, he was doing nothig to bother me. Well, when I get up to him, he pulls out his hand gun and shoots the dog standing right next to me. He is lucky that I didnt put a slug into his ass! I left and told him that I would never hunt with him again.
Now, fast forward to this year, I am out bow hunting and 3 dogs from the guy next door come over and starts hanging around by my stand. One of them was a pitbull, one was a german shepard, and the other was a mut. They didnt stick around too long, but if they would have still been there when it was time for me to get down I would have had NO problem sticking them with an arrow, either one of them. Oh well, just thought that I would share my story. Sorry it got so long.