Small dog? A so-called “American Bulldog”? Another version of pit-bull terrier. It is not a “small” dog. Even the guy says so, and the adult pix of the dog show a large dog. Large PBT type dog.
The owner offered to put the dog up. They should have let the owner secure the dog. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Too low to jump for the throat. I have a foot and a shoe on it that will definitely give any dog under 100 pounds second thoughts about it after the stars clear.
I have scared a mean Doberman so badly when it ran at me that it actually stopped and peed, and I never even touched it. So, I really think that there were alternatives to ventilating the dog.
Why do police get cart blanche on shooting a gun in a high-density urban area. A bullet can ricochet and go right through a frame house. It should be the last resort, not the first.