http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/Couple-threw-dog-sea-convicted/story-13872338-detail/story.html

http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/Dog-returned-couple-conviction-overturned/story-16346570-detail/story.html

What an absolute waste of time and money.
GGRRRRRR

Ditto!

Unbelievable :(

Oh my gosh that is disgusting!!!

They repeatedly chucked the dog in the water 'becasue it was hot', yet they were both wearing heavy winter coats......

Miss Sarah Hornblower, defending said there was no evidence of suffering and Jess had returned to her owners happily after being thrown in.
A couple of points here - unfortuanelty dogs are loyal regardless of how ill-treated they are the owners were standing on the only possible exit!!!!

She said:"There was no suggestion of the dog howling, cowering, shivering, or barking. There were no signs of distress at all or that Jess was fearful of her owners and what they were doing."

Ah, well of course, we all know the ONLY signs to alert us that a dog is suffering in anyway is if it is howling, cowering, shivering or barking! - NOT.

I'd like to push them in the water and use thier very own defence,  they must be very hot in their winter coats and need to be repeatedly cooled down by being hurled into the sea.

look at its body all twisted in the air!! i know if i was thrown that high and hard i would be terrified. Hideous disgusting excuses for people.

What I find truly mind-boggling is how people are franticaly trying to come up with new ways to ensure dogs are not a danger to the public, talking of compulsory micro-chipping as one thing, to help stop people getting hurt by dogs....
Yet here we have 2 owners, repeatedly chucking thier dog in the water - an act that is bound to have an effect on the dogs behaviour towards people in general, (if not just the owners), they are brought to courtt and get LET OFF.

What on earth goes on in the heads of the people that we have to ensure the law is upheald?????? I am so frustrated I am finding it hard to put into words, but for crying out loud, surely, in anybodies mind, it it obvious that this sort of mis-treatment to dogs is at the very root of the problem of unwanted dog behaviours our country is trying to stamp out.

You want nice friendly dogs - dogs need to be TREATED nice & friendly, it doesn't get much simpler than that.

The defence for these 2 cretins should be ashamed of thierselfs for condoning such disgusting, irresponsible, cruel behaviour

A few years down the line when that dog has had enough of the torment from these people (if they do that in public, how do they treat the dog in private?) the poor little thing will have had enough and when it bites out in self defence, the dog will be ordered to be destroyed, then all the relevant authorities will ba banging on about how dangerous dogs need to be tackled

This sums up the problem with dogs that bite people - a lack of understanding, not just by the idiotic owners, but even higher - when the courts can not see that a sentient being is going to be affected by such treatment :( :( :( :( :(

Sorry if that doesn't read well, I have got rather wound up over this!!

I know by law everyone is entitled to one, but I do wonder sometimes how these defense lawyers sleep at night.

A friend has been a 'duty solicitor' in his legal days, and says that it's not fun having to defend to your very best ability someone who you know is as guilty as hell.

Absolutely revolting!

They repeatedly chucked the dog in the water 'becasue it was hot', yet they were both wearing heavy winter coats......

First thing I noticed!

The only thing I can say is I hope after all this time and tax payers money and attention it all got, that they will now treat their animals differently.......... but then again.......... they got away with it in the end, so they may join the other few thousand who get away with criminal damage and cruelty and flip two fingers at the law and go off laughing.........

Either totally heartless or totally brainless!!!