It wasn't said if Steven did this intentionally or not, so I can't say that he did.
Also note, the dog in Jaws didn't die. He overheard Brody talking about the shark attack of Chrissie happening at the beach and thought, F-this sh*t and ran off the beach and headed home.*
*so says me! ;) Seriously, I rewrote that in my head when I was young because I couldn't stand the truth. And if you turn the volume up you can actually hear the opposite of my "truth" happening. So I don't turn the volume up basically!
