Candace, I'll bet the neighbor is one of those people as ignorant as the guy that beat the dog. You know how people will back people just to act like they are on that person's side? Blowhards, as I guess we could call these types. I don't put much faith in what he says.

I agree with Karen. It's the fault of the owner and the neighbor. It's a crying shame the poor dog had to take the punishment. He thinks barking is okay because nobody has trained him to not bark all the time. The owner is defending his baby much like I would. However, he needs to take responsibility as well. If he had trained the poor doggie, this probably wouldn't have happened.

I can imagine that the neighbor that beat the dog is regretful of going berserk at this point. Who knows? He might have just gotten angrier and continues to blow off steam to anyone that will listen. What a terrible situation.