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The reason I posted this originally is this. I have two rescue greyhounds - one a 12 year old lady, the other a 2 year old pup. Neither dog has a mean bone in their body. Neither dog has been around an aggressive dog or have been attacked. Both dogs would be helpless if attacked. Lastly, greyhounds are not very tollerant of physical injury and what would be a serious bite on a lab would be a fatal wound on a grey.

That said, I would confront an aggressive dog verbally, loudly and aggressively. If he continued to approach....zero tollerance.

Am I obligated to wait for him to get my greyhound by the throat?

I am going to ask the next Roanoke LEO I meet. I'll post the answer.

Sorry, had a chuckle when I read that. All I could imagine is:

"Hey bud...This your dog?!"
"Yeah!"
"Mind if I shoot it?"
"Naw, you go right ahead. He don't smell too good nohow."

Wow....felony.

I love dogs. I have two and would never shoot a dog without good reason. But I have zero tolerance for vicious dogs.
Having a vicious dog is the EXACT same as randomly shooting into the air. You have no idea where that bullet or dog is going to end up or who it's going to hurt.

So I am reading GetOfftheX forums and one of the guys there had to shoot at two dogs who attacked his dog while on a walk. Police ticketed him $75 for discharging a firearm within city limits (not sure which city). what the heck?

I guess I need to talk to my local LEOs to get their take on this - as I am walking the biggest wuss on four legs nearly every night....usually late at night. On several occasions I've had dogs rush up to us, but I could tell it wasn't an aggressive rush, only excited. However, if it was an attack, I would have only one way to prevent it...even if it cost me $75.