More range time needed. Dog needed to be dead after the 1st shot.
That would be ideal, all right, but it would take a brain shot to stop a dog right here and right now, and dogs' brains aren't real large. If I ever have to shoot a dog, my plan is to empty the gun, reload, and be prepared to empty the gun again. Even when morally wounded, some dogs can keep going long enough to do serious damage.
>> Dog needed to be dead after the 1st shot.
It was part Pit Bull. You need silver bullets for that.
A dog can be a lot harder to hit than a man. They bob, weave and change direction rapidly. When one is attacking my son, I would count any hit that did not injure my son as good shot, maybe a very good shot.
It is a lot easier to make a good shot with a computer than with a handgun...