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About the dog ...... The first alert to anything 'suspicious' outside, does appear to be their dog barking, some time after. ...
According to the D & B report:
(p. 10)Livestock consisted of pigs, several cats and kittens, one dog, perhaps a few goats (their existence is uncertain), and no chickens.
In the D & B account the dog was the initial indicator of something odd following Taylor's report of seeing something aloft:
(pp. 23 - 24)Half an hour or so later--around eight o'clock--the dog began to bark violently. Lucky Sutton and Billy Ray Taylor went to the back door and looked out to see what was bothering the animal. The dog then put his tail between his legs and ran under the house, not to be seen again until the next day. Lucky was sarcastic: "Shit! A real good dog--ran away after this thing appeared."
There's no further mention of the dog during the night's events. Neither is there any mention whatsoever about a reaction among any of the other animals.
According to this account the dog retreated into hiding while there was no more than a glow visible approaching the yard from a distance - a glow that eventually resolved into the first little man seen by anyone.
I find the dog's rapid retreat (before anything odd came into sight) and the lack of any reaction from the other animals a bit strange.