AN ATX LTT HIT A DOG ON THE RWY AND DAMAGED ITS NOSE GEAR. THE RPTING PLT MAY HAVE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME ON DUTY RESOLVING THE DAMAGE AND RETURNING THE ACFT TO HOME BASE.

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ON THE EVENING OF JUN/SUN/93 AT XA00 PM WE DEPARTED FT LAUDERDALE; FL; FOR NASSAU; BAHAMAS IN AN LTT. ONLY THE FLC WAS ON BOARD THE ACFT. WE WERE SCHEDULED TO MEET OUR PAX AT XB00 PM IN NASSAU AND DEPART FOR KINGSTON; JAMAICA. THE FLT WAS ROUTINE; AND THE WX WAS GOOD. THE FO WAS FLYING THIS LEG. WE TOUCHED DOWN AT XA30 PM; THE LNDG WAS NORMAL. AS THE ACFT SLOWED; A PACK OF 10-12 WILD DOGS APPEARED AND RAN FROM L TO R ACROSS THE RWY. THE ACFT IMPACTED ONE OF THE DOGS AT APPROX 80-90 KTS WITH THE NOSE GEAR. WE SLOWED AND STOPPED THE ACFT TO EXAMINE THE DAMAGE. UPON EXAMINING THE NOSE GEAR; WE NOTICED DAMAGE TO THE GEAR ACTUATOR. WE SPOKE TO ARPT AND ATC OFFICIALS IN NASSAU WHO EXPLAINED THAT THEY HAVE HAD A PROB WITH WILD DOGS FOR SOME TIME BUT THE GOV WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO CORRECT THE PROB. THE OFFICIALS IN NASSAU WANTED ME THERE THE NEXT MORNING TO FILL OUT A RPT AND SPEAK WITH THE SUPVR. AS PIC OF THE ACFT; I FELT OBLIGATED TO OVERSEE THE REPAIR EFFORTS AND THE RETURN OF THE ACFT TO THE HOME BASE THE NEXT DAY. AFTER REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED ON MONDAY; I FLEW THE ACFT BACK TO FT. LAUDERDALE. AFTER THE ACFT WAS HOME SAFELY AND I BEGAN TO CALCULATE DUTY TIME RECORDS; I REALIZED THAT; DEPENDING ON HOW YOU CLASSIFY THE RETURN FLT; IT COULD BE SAID I WAS OVER DUTY TIME OR DID NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED DUTY REST BTWN FLTS. I BELIEVE THE RETURN FLT HOME ON MONDAY COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS PART 91; THUS MAKING IT LEGAL BUT I AM NOT SURE.