This was an innocent 6 lb dog who did nothing to deserve the cruelty brought upon it, and I hope this scumbag low life at least serves time. We truly do not have appropriate laws protecting family pets. It's also a proven fact that people who hurt animals are just warming up for the day when they have the courage to hurt another living breathing being, say, a human. Lock him up in general population and let the word get out that he's in for strangling a chihuahua. Problem solved. My heart goes out to the innocent dog.