Meant to post this the other day...

A man who attacked his dog with a golf club at his home in Pontypridd, south Wales has been banned from keeping animals for 10 years.

David Capelin, 30, used a sand wedge to beat his one-year-old bull mastiff-cross Lucy after she ate his shopping and soiled the kitchen floor.

Capelin admitted causing unnecessary suffering to his pet.

The chair of the magistrates at the Rhondda court told Capelin what he had done was an "absolute disgrace".

The court was told that a neighbour, an off-duty police officer, heard the dog yelping in the backyard of Capelin's Graigwen home.

When challenged about his behaviour, unemployed Capelin replied: "It messed in the kitchen."

The neighbour took the golf club off Capelin and also told him to take his dog to the vet, the court heard.

But when an RSPCA inspector visited the next day, the dog had not received any medical treatment for her head wounds.

Capelin had pleading guilty at a previous hearing to injuring the dog and on Friday he also admitted a second charge of causing unnecessary suffering by failing to get its cuts treated.

Magistrates' chairwoman Anne Jones said: "What you did to your dog was an absolute disgrace, made worse by the fact you did not seek veterinary care for the animal.

"We are not going to stand back and see this thing happen."

In addition to the ten year long ban on keeping animals, Capelin was also order to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work in the community.

He must also pay £500 towards the RSPCA's costs in bringing the case and treating the animal.

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