"Getting a dog as an offensive or defensive weapon is a lot like having a loaded handgun in the nightstand," said Lockwood. Usually a child, a family member, or a neighbor is the one who gets harmed. In his studies of more than 300 fatal dog attacks over the past 25 years, he says just one was a burglar.
(from Bogie's URL) Maybe that is what spooked that deer, a killer weiner dog?Dozens of breeds, from dachshunds to Yorkshire terriers have caused deaths.