i don’t have issue with the gun but how it was used.. why not cary a can of mace too? animals get excited when u bike or rollerblade. mine does. if he got lose i wouldn’t want him shot.
Then don't let him loose.
Just like people, some dogs will attack through a mist of mace and do you serious damage. Also, there are a lot of problems with Mace, such as wind blowing it away from the target and even back on yourself, and it's extreme short range. Particularly against a dog because it can move so fast, if the Mace defense fails, there will not be time to fall back to a lethal weapon.
I'm a dog lover, but a doberman running free is a problem waiting to happen. This is the owner's fault, not the shooter's.
No, you probably wouldn't. All the more reason to be a responsible dog owner and keep it tied up.