[Teresa Ford]

I doubt that we can have a meaningful exchange of ideas about this. Emotions run too high. To answer your questions, 1. What is wrong with people ? my answer is not everyone agrees on what defines, discipline, correction or abuse. Even with human children. If this person thought what they were doing was abuse, they would have tried to hide the behavior.
2. How should you have handled the situation, what should you have done ? Let me ask this, what did you do ? Did you tell the Vet ? Did you keep your thoughts and opinions to yourself ? Honestly I can't say what you should have done. It is so easy to say do this or that, we weren't there. 3. I read your posts every day and I am almost 100 % sure if you thought the dog was in real danger, you would have done something ! You would not just walk away, your heart would have made you intervene.Some people don't know how to train dogs (or their human children) and they keep using outdated methods. And sadly not everyone loves their dog, the way you love Callie.