One of the neatest parts of the doglaw website is the dog homicide anecdote section. Lots of darwin at work: dogs attacking the very old and the very young is not a good thing, but there is a fair representation of attack dogs eating their owners or potential owners.

Note on semi-automatic weapons and dog packs: Can be very effective if the pack comes at you in single file.

Note for pacifists: consider dog appeasing pheromone (http://www.dennisthechemist.com/pet-and-...0&page_id=3)
Which actually seems to be helping our demented jack russell terrier.

Note for Blast: Hand grenades might be effective for pack defense, as well as doing much of the job of the sous-chef.