“At 35 mph how much time would it take the dog to reach the officer?”
Just to clarify, only dogs in the sight hound family [i.e. Greyhounds, Salukis, Ibizans] are able to attain that speed and over.
My Ibizans *easily* out run my Doberman even when he’s going “full tilt” which *might* be 20 mph, on a good day.
Regarding wolves:
“They can run at speeds of 36 to 38 miles per hour for _short bursts_ while chasing prey.”
Goldens are not known for their running prowess.
That means to cover 25 feet he'd need .85 seconds, 50 feet he could do in 1.7 seconds, and 60 feet could e done in about 2 seconds.
As I suspected, if this officer could draw and fire and lay a round on target he'd need about 2 seconds (based on all sorts of references to how fast you are expected to do that in contests).
What that means is if this officer took 2 seconds to draw, he had his hand on his gun when the dog was still on the porch!
If he waited until the dog was coming at him top speed, the dog would have been on him at 50 or 60 feet Fur Shur.
Or, worse, the officer had his pistol in hand before he ever saw the dog.
Interesting. Again, I say this dude is TOAST!