If a dog were biting my face I would take the chances of all the possible things that could go wrong if someone shot it. The immediate problem has to be taken care of.

And I find it very hard to believe, although people keep saying this is true, that you would not know if a dog had rabies or not if it were dead. Surely there are tissue samples that could be done. I am going to google this.

And I would make sure that owner, innocent or not, never ever had a license to have a dog again. If he or she needed animal comfort, they could be allowed to volunteer at a shelter, under supervision. Or we should have animal libraries or petting zoos or something but some owners should not be allowed and stray dogs should not be allowed. mg