Let me ask you something? Do you own a dog? Did you train it by kicking it? Do you think that kicking, hitting, etc. are ok "training methods"? I'm just trying to figure out where you're coming from on this. On one hand you say being swung around by the neck on a leash "obviously very harmful" but, then you say the dog was found to be "physically unharmed" implying that kicking the dog was not harmful in any way and was, therefore, ok.
Of course.
Do you own a dog?
Yes I do.
Did you train it by kicking it?
Of course not.
Do you think that kicking, hitting, etc. are ok "training methods"?
Absolutely not. Where have I defended that?
On one hand you say being swung around by the neck on a leash "obviously very harmful" but, then you say the dog was found to be "physically unharmed"...
True and true.
...implying that kicking the dog was not harmful in any way...
Not my intent to imply that at all. That's why I specified "physically."
...and was, therefore, ok.
Your presumption or projection, not my statement.