what’s going on is the difference between Andy and Barney. any had the cool head, didn’t leap before he thought and knew and respected every little quirk of everybody in town while hothead Barney was scared of his own shadow and thought everyone was a potential criminal just looking for an opportunity to do evil. why do you think Barney only had ONE bullet and it was kept in his pocket? IF ONLY this putz of a policeman had to keep only ONE bullet in his shirt pocket...
Cool head? Barney would have shot the ceiling or floor before the freaking dog! Andy would have had to come rescue Barney from on top of the hood of the patrol car while the dog was barking at him. All the while Barney would have been yelling “nip it in the bud Andy, nip it in the bud”. Andy would have called the owner of the dog and had them come get the pooch and given them a stern warning about letting it loose without a leash.