Fallbrook man pleads guilty to shooting neighbor's dog; dog loses leg in ordeal

Late last week a Fallbrook man pled guilty in court to shooting a neighbor’s dog, which led to the canine having to endure the amputation of a leg.

According to Kelli Herwehe of the San Diego Humane Society, Michael O’Brien pled guilty to a felony charge of animal abuse (597 (a)) relating to an incident that occurred in April of this year during which he shot his neighbor’s nine-month-old Siberian Husky named Gunner in the leg.

“Gunner had to have his leg amputated, but he is home and doing well now,” said Herwehe, adding that the San Diego Humane Society and Society for the Prevention of Crue...