My neighbors have a new dog, a pit bull. Yesterday as my son and I were walking down the sidewalk to the truck, we heard barking and growling in the neighbor's yard. I looked over and there was this dog charging us with his owner in tow. She's a small woman and could not slow the dog down. We were in the middle of my sidewalk with no time to get back inside or to the vehicle. I was carrying as usual but really did not want to shoot the dog with its owner a leash length away. I had my hand on my weapon and was just beginning to draw when she finially dug her heels in and stopped her "pet" about twenty feet away. A few more feet and I was going to shoot the dog, thank the Lord I didn't have to. I thanked her for stopping the charge and told her she needed to have more control of her dog. She apologized and got the dog back in her yard, it had managed to pull her about half way across my yard. I do not believe she saw my weapon as I did not draw it out from under my coat. Did I wait too long before acting? What would you have done in this situation?
Almost shot neighbor's dog, right or wrong?
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