dude I read my post back and it sounded worse than it was meant. Id have kicked off big time if someone did that to my dog. I dont blame you on that front at all. I also hope your dog gets better - if the dog wasnt looking like he was going to attack the man then hes an innocent victim of all this.
I just couldnt fathom why someone would strangle a dog for no reason but I guess some drunks have a messed up sense of perspective. It just seemed on odd situation. Ive never seen anyone do something like that without some kind of provocation so was hard to relate too.
Dont send someone around again though, no matter how tempting it is. You actually shot yourself in the foot both legally and may have caused yourself future problems by doing it. I can understand why you asked your mate, frankly he should have known better and not done it if he really wanted to help you out.
You spoken to a vet about what can be done?
We had to go to a Vet, Kaiser had a stroke, this has not been mentioned, he picked Kaiser up and dropped him, his back leg is badly damaged, all the vet can do is record what happened, theres no proof of what caused it, but its obvious really, Kaizer was a very healthy dog, stupid yes, stroke imminent, NO, funny back leg, NO !!