If I throw the stone, all dogs will know that I don’t have it anymore, so it would be safe for them to continue the attack (whether I hit one or miss). Therefore, it’s better for me to threaten and keep two stones rather than actually throw one.
If dogs really want to attack me, they might prefer that I throw the stone so they can attack afterward. However, I think each dog fails to consider that I’m most likely to throw the stone at another dog. Each individual dog has a small chance of being injured by the stone, and they could succeed if they continue the attack. Real hunters like wolves might understand this.
The problem is that their understanding of their territory is not the same as our legal understanding, so they can attack on the roads outside their homes.
Hm. Does that imply that a pack of dogs hunting a human is a stag hunt game?
There are some game theory considerations here:
If I throw the stone, all dogs will know that I don’t have it anymore, so it would be safe for them to continue the attack (whether I hit one or miss). Therefore, it’s better for me to threaten and keep two stones rather than actually throw one.
If dogs really want to attack me, they might prefer that I throw the stone so they can attack afterward.
However, I think each dog fails to consider that I’m most likely to throw the stone at another dog. Each individual dog has a small chance of being injured by the stone, and they could succeed if they continue the attack. Real hunters like wolves might understand this.
The dogs are not hunting humans but want to defend territory or something similar.
The problem is that their understanding of their territory is not the same as our legal understanding, so they can attack on the roads outside their homes.
My point is that the behavior is not well modeled as “hunting humans”. They don’t attack humans with the intent to kill and eat as prey.