No worries. We live in the country. In off hours here, when your dogs bark, an armed response is appropriate 👌
I live on a lake in Central Florida now. I have to watch out for alligators and poisonous snakes. There is an alligator cruising about 20 yards off shore right now, but it is only about 6 ft long so not a threat to my dogs. There is one that I see occasionally that I estimate to be about 12 ft and 500 lbs. Alligators that size occasionally eat dogs and even people.