I moderate a Leonberger group on Facebook.
I forget the exact context that started the discussion, but some months ago I mentioned that I carry a handgun while I'm walking Seren and I would not hesitate to use it to protect her.
Some of the people in the group went absolutely bananas. All of the bullshit tropes -- you don't care about human life, you're a monster, blah blah blah.
I was very forthwith in saying that my best friend's life is FAR more important to me than the life of anything, or anyone, who tries to him her (or me) and I have absolutely no problem shooting something, or someone, to protect her or me.
Double extra large helping of bananas.
I ended up booting a couple of people from the group because they got very rude, a few of them unfriended me (I'm so upset about that...), and I was left with an overriding sense of sorrow... for their dogs... because they're not willing to protect them if they need to.