I say " Take the dog out ".....Landing gear will more than handle an impact of a Labrador sized mutt, and an " African dog " even if it did get to that size, would only weigh have as much as a fat western one.
I took one out in Libreville at dawn one morning at VR, he touched the prop on his way through to the left main gear ( Beech 1900 ) and then proceeded to spread himself along 200m of the concrete aswell as my wheelwell....Blood/bone/fur/guts everywhere......No damage whatsoever but very lucky HYD lines were not touched as we rotated ........Faaaark !
