We had a pack of dogs roaming our area for a couple of years. There were five of them. They were a nuisance and actually killed a couple of our chickens. We’re in a very rural area.
We saw them a couple of times when we were on walks but they took off when they saw us. Same as when we caught them by our chickens.
The funny part: They appear to be Beagles.
Dogs will pack around a lead dog. Had a problem with that in the late 1970s in my community. A stray German Shepherd came up in the community and local dogs packed around him. He tore up my good bird dog a couple of times. One morning I looked down across the field and there must have been 30 dogs packed around him in a pasture.
Got my gun and took off in the car. when I got out of the car with my gun, dogs started scattering everywhere. Clearly, they all had been threatened with a gun before. I eliminated that gentleman that morning and the dogs quit packing. It was a clear threat to children of the rural community. Even good pet dogs will pack around a leader like that. I saw it repeatedly with my own eyes.