shooting over dogs

I shoot over my and my buddy's dogs as does he.....BUT, you have to be really handy with your weapon or you're going to get a dog hurt or killed. You must be able to shoot very quickly. I use an M-1 carbine...30 cal. for this, in my opinion this is the perfect firearm and cartridge for this since it won't shoot through a hog sideways if it's over about 80 lbs. I have a synthetic stock on the rifle so it's short and quite light and I can shoot it with one hand if need be. It will kill any hog that you run up on with one shot if placed correctly. We are required by the landowners to kill every hog we can, but we usually knife them if the dogs have 'em caught when we get there. I agree with the other guys that you must be very careful about the people that you allow to shoot over your dogs....this is imperative, but if your dogs are used to it, I see no problem with it......as with most things, a little common sense goes a loooong way.