Reply #15: I've had to shoot dogs before, and it is a depressing task

[NickB79]

There were plenty of times when the neighbor's dogs came wandering into our yard on the farm. They'd play with our dogs, we'd give them a bit of food, and they'd wander back to their own farms. If any of them chased our cats, they'd get a BB in the ass from a low-power BB gun that wasn't powerful enough to break the skin (at least, it didn't break my skin when my friend shot me with it) but that's it. Only when they were causing actual damage, such as attacking cattle or one of our puppies, would I have to break out the rifle, and it is not a fun task to tell the neighbors you had to shoot their dog.

If he wasn't in fear of his life and the dog wasn't damaging his property, this guy is just a dick that likes to shoot things. The fact he was using a BB/pellet gun to hunt squirrels makes me think even less of the guy, as these guns are usually woefully underpowered for small game hunting and wound more than they kill. A true adult air rifle powerful enough to humanely hunt squirrels doesn't accept BB's, only pellets.