PORTLAND — A man who beat a Chihuahua that belonged to his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend has been ordered to attend animal-empathy counseling.
The Oregonian reports that 23-year-old John Isaac Pettay was sentenced on Tuesday. He pleaded no contest to attempting to commit aggravated animal abuse.
Authorities say Pettay went to a northeast Portland Applebee’s on May 30 with his ex-girlfriend’s mother. Once he learned that the small dog named Eman inside the mother’s car belonged to the new boyfriend, Pettay went to the parking lot and began beating the dog to the point a bystander thought he was dead.
Eman was later found to have no injuries.
Pettay was also sentenced to five years of probation and banned from owning a pet for five years.
