There was a guy who had show chickens not too far from where I live, and he was out one morning and saw a woman running with her two big dogs. They came onto his property, and he thought they were going to the pens so he shot them. Bad thing was, he shot not too far off of the woman's head. Killed one outright, and wounded the other one. It had to have massive surgery and he ended up paying for the vet bill, damages and a big fine. . .way into the thousands. No matter how he explained they were ON his land, and he thought is show chickens were in danger to the authorities, the fact that this woman's husband was the city manager, owned the local movie theatre, and 1/6 of a Krispy Creme francise was much much more important . . .so make sure you know for sure who those dogs belong too. The law's long arm can be a crappy one!!