Why did you choose a dog?

Comment:

Why did you choose a german shepherd to hurt Shiloh when it might have been a cat or a snake?

Phyllis replied:

Yes, it could have been another animal, but a cat probably wouldn’t have done as much damage, and a snake might have poisoned him and  killed him.  I have to think ahead what is going to happen and choose my scenes and my characters carefully to make things work out.  I decided that a big dog would work out the best, horrible as that might be.