Man Shocks Daughter With Dog Collar For Eating Too Slowly - Arrested

[matcom]

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Jackson - A 34-year-old Jackson man has been charged with attaching an electric shock collar used to control the family dog to his 8-year-old stepdaughter's leg and shocking her because she was eating her breakfast too slowly.

A felony child abuse charge was filed against the man Tuesday in Washington County Circuit Court. According to the criminal complaint filed in the case, the stepfather also threatened to shoot the girl's pet rabbit because he said she does not take adequate care of the animal.

The girl told investigators she "cried a lot because it hurt a lot," when the shock was administered, the complaint said.

Also according to the complaint:

A caseworker from the Washington County Department of Social Services and a Jackson police officer were called to Jackson Elementary School on Monday after a staff member at the school noticed a bruise on the girl's thigh.

The girl said her stepfather that morning attached the collar, which is operated by a remote control, to her thigh, set its shock intensity at "4" and told her she was lucky he didn't set it on "6," as he does with the family dog.

The metal electrodes of the collar left two marks on her thigh, according to the complaint.

The device, a SportDOG SD-400, has settings from one to eight and delivers electrical shocks ranging from 760 volts to 6,520 volts, according to the company's technical support department in Knoxville, Tenn.

Higher settings are used to control larger or harder-to-control dogs.

A "4" setting delivers a shock of 2,680 volts, enough to control a medium-size dog, depending on the dog's temperament, according to company specifications.

Joe Nyland, at Action Dog Training in Waukesha, said shock collars "are extremely useful" in training dogs, delivering a brief but painful electric shock, causing most dogs to yelp in pain.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/ozwash/oct05/362466.asp

[BigMcLargehuge]

1. they ought to put that collar on the dad

and set it to "11".

[DS1]

5. Can we wire the entire employee base of the company that

manufactures those things too?

Jesus, it's no secret that I'm averse to dogs and doglike behavior, but you don't go electrocuting them around their necks!

[Shell Beau]

2. Sick bastard!

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[MissMillie]

4. It's stuff like this

that makes me want to quit my job and be a full-time foster care provider.

There are too many kids out there that deserve better, and you know, I know I can be a LOT better than what they've had so far.

[redqueen]

6. What the...!

We need mandatory parenting / childcare classes for anyone around kids. Period.

What the hell is wrong with some people...

:grr:

[Taverner]

7. "Dr." James Dobson would be proud

After all this is in line with his "dare to discipline" movement.

[Dark]

8. What the hell? Poor kid. . . n/t

[KurtNYC]

9. Wait...they sell a device DESIGNED to torture dogs?!

what is the dog supposed to 'learn' from such a device? That it is held captive by sick bastards??

[Taverner]

10. Dogs have a higher threshold to pain

So it doesnt shock them but merely gives the same effect of a pinch collar.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

11. The old "they don't feel pain the same way WE do" routine

Don't you believe it. I've seen those damned things used, and they can bring a dog literally to its knees. I've been shocked by them myself (on purpose- I wanted to find out how powerful they are), and I know exactly how painful it can be.

I loathe those things, and believe they should be outlawed. They constitute abuse. Nothing less.