I probably agree.
But Assistant State's Attorney Kirsten Daggett said witnesses testified they saw him punching the dog as well as flogging and dragging it.
I had a pretty strong willed Labrador with a pretty high tolerance for pain when he wanted to do something his way, like run off where he might find sex, for example. I loved the dog, but when he was young, I didn't get good work out of him hunting until he had been thumped on ~but good~ that day.
I am sure the scene when I had to run him down, especially in a dangerous traffic situation, was not pretty to look at. And beating a dog that ran from you will always make them run again if they get beat only when they get caught.
The guy needs out of prison first, then he needs to have the dog secure in the back of the truck at all times.... never loose. Then he needs to train with a remote electric collar. It ~saved~ me and my runnin' lab. It not only works, but it looks and is a whole lot more humane than a beating.
And now she comes when she's called, she has even come off chasing a squirrel to my whistle. But she still hesitates and runs on a stride or two, apparently just to show her independence.
But she just turned 3, and I'm starting to see a real improvement in her general obedience!