Glad to hear that you have fully recovered excepting the powder, primers, some gasoline to the sheriff's office, and some adrenaline.
From what you are saying, Sam Olsen is probably right, the dog owner is ignorant of the local 'etiquette'.
It also sounds like others have had run ins with those dogs. This probably means that if you can prevent the dogs from getting onto your property, it will be somebody else who will end up having to shoot the dogs. Sad, but not having to participate in dog owner's problems has its benefits.
Curious though, at what weight is a four legged critter going to be too big for even a .45 to make a quick effective kill? I remember JJHack concluding that it wasn't enough for a black bear.
