Well - then she mentioned that she was going to get a horse and somebody told her not to hit it. I don't remember who said it.

She wouldn't have mentioned hitting her dog if she hadn't felt terrible about it. She was using Pet Talk as a confessional of sorts. Sometimes when we do something we know is bad, we just have to talk about it - get it out of our systems. I think she was expecting people to maybe offer some words of advice to help her deal with her anger in the future. I don't think she knew that people would interpret her as being an animal abuser.

A true animal abuser wouldn't have come on Pet Talk and asked for help and forgiveness.