Agree.1. Always be armed!
Agree.2. Even though your dogs normally do not stray, keep them under you control. A leash may seem cruel but seems tame to compared to what Jack went through.
I don't agree with this approach.3. Any dog that encroaches my property will be immediately dispatched.
IMO, each dog is worthy of assessment before treating it as a threat and simply shooting it to death. Dogs get misoriented just like people, and, like people, could be approaching people for the help and security we can provide. While not in every instance, in most cases, a dog is a member of the family, and I wouldn't want to be responsible for the pain and sorrow I would cause by killing a family pet for a minor indiscretion.
While we must certainly consider the safety of our families, and our property, I would ask that putting a strange dog down be considered as the last course of action, rather than the first.
6. No matter the breed of the dog, assume ALL can be vicious!
Agree.
Agree, again.8. Most accidents are the result of many things, in succession, that go wrong. Being a pilot I have found this to be the case in almost every aviation accident I have every read about.
Agree again, however, He also helps those that help themselves.9. The Lord does watch over his flock.
And for those that don't, or won't, well, the wolf has to eat too...