Wretched dog abuser!
I'm sorry, I really couldn't resist. I know you are really upset.... I would be too, and believe me, Meg, it sounds like something I would do, too -- I dumped my skinkid off of his hot wheels face first into a cactus plant when he was just a little tyke. It was such an accident, and I cried buckets as I was plucking cactus thingies out of his poor little fat baby cheeks...
...so I really do know how you feel.