The dogs ARE OP because you should be able to KNIFE them as you could in the past.
BUT!...Since you're instantly DEAD when the dog is at least 10 feet away from you, I guess knifing them is out of the question, yes?
There should be SOME sense of reality here. If I see a dog coming at me, and they LEAP at me. I WILL put up my arms and defend myself. But, in this garbage scenario the dog kills you INSTANTLY from several feet away. Ridiculous. Nothing balanced about the dog kills. Nothing.