And if it causes a traffic accident involving human injury, I guess the owner will be charged with that as well.
The problem is that the man's shock collar didn't actually work!
He should have used that as evidence that the dog wasn't actually being shocked.
Have the prosecutor bring out a "REAL MAN'S SHOCK COLLAR" for the dog and have that puppy jumpin' and gettin' every time the prosecutor hit the zap button.
Like a Monte Python skit.