This is accurate for the rural area I grew up. It was never clear where the dogs came from, there was a small town about 10 miles away, we assumed many of the

This is accurate for the rural area I grew up. It was never clear where the dogs came from, there was a small town about 10 miles away, we assumed many of the dogs had gotten loose... or picked up some other poorly trained dogs from other ranches. But... entirely possible people were letting dogs loose that they just didn't want to take care of. The end result was a pack of 5-10 dogs that loved to chase cattle. What was always hardest about shooting those dogs was that it was hard to get in a clean shot. Typically it took a few shots to bring them down, and often you'd have to go up close to finish it off. Once it was hurt, it stopped being a ferocious animal that was attacking your livestock and turned back into someone's whimpering pet. By the point you had shot it in the back hip, and side... it knew you were coming to kill it. In the end it was confused, and hurt, and scared, and alone. Couldn't help but feel that people had failed those animals.