Phish,

A sad situation all the way, but I'm with you on the walk in the woods thing. A LR22 hollow point, right between the eyes is all it will take and if the dog has never been threatend with a gun, he won't know enough to be upset by it before it's too late.

I worked on a dairy many years ago and we always put animals down with a 22, cows, steers, pigs, and yes dogs too, never had a problem!

Sorry for your kid though, hope he's better soon.