"Aak! Dogs! Go 'way!"
Ekklub squawks, high-pitched and indignant, and makes feeble shooing motions. She reacts slowly
Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
but when she does, she starts weaving a spell, sending the dogs to sleep.
Taking a 5-ft step backwards if in melee, then casting Sleep; Will save DC13 to negate. It affects up to 4HD of creatures, so if these are 1HD dogs they all need to save.