If someone illegally enters your house, then I believe you should have the right to harm then in any way until they weren't a threat anymore. If you find some sixteen year old robbing you, you point a shotgun at them and they faint after pissing their pants, then you shouldn't have the right to shoot them. But whilst they're still a potential threat, whatever you do should be legal.
If they run with some stuff, the insurance company can pay you back, and I don't think that it's justified to sniper them from your bedroom or something. Having your dog chase them is another thing (as dogs don't know the meaning of the words minimum force necessary when defending family), and I bow down to the wisdom of all who have a big dog to attack robbers.