So Sorry, HSKRNOKC.
I got my 1st Siberian Husky for my 12th BD..The whole family chipped in for the $25..Even my poor brother in college.
One day (~5 years later?) she got loose and returned two days later with her tail half shot off ...Ever see a Husky's tail? How they curve?..this one bent down and then fell off a week later..sad little nub.
A guy that hunted/worked with my oldest brother bragged about shooting a wolf in his back yard, and I was afraid my brother might retaliate, So I told him about "Husker's" collection of half eaten half buried cats in the back yard, and the guy was probably just protecting his wife's cats. (while I secretly planned my own revenge) :box
A couple years later when I was a Freshman at UNL a few months after my Dad died and my Big Brother was killed in an auto accident, I took my dog to KSU for experimental knee surgery (blew most of my 2nd semester tuition) the x-rays showed her butt was full of buckshot..(we were pretty sure the tail was shot with a rifle) :dunno
A decade later..I'd moved out here with my 2nd Husky and was walking her close to the edge of the desert when we were shot at..I first thought it was a car backfiring, but then noticed the dirt kick up near the leash between me and my dog..Strange how you never know how you'll react to something like that...I chased the car for ~50' before it dawned on me I could get my dog shot...Then a half hour later after the adrenaline wore off while I was calling the police, I realized I could've gotten shot.
Don't know where I'm going with this..I just feel for you..
And make sure your kids are safe from this perp.