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Excaliber wrote:The deceased made a series of decisions which were not under the control of the dog owner, and there were clear alternatives to the ones he made that would have certainly led to a much different incident outcome

True. It's also true Whitted made a series of decisions which were not under the control of Schaefer, and there were clear alternatives to the ones he made that would have certainly led to a much different incident outcome.

There's enough blame to go around. Including the irresponsible dog owner.

If we're going to play "but for" then let's charge the dog owner with homicide, because he or she put this all in motion. Once the dog was allowed to run loose and attack people, Schaefer was no more (and no less) to blame than Whitted.