Moral Dilemma and a Tattoo

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Ok, well, happy news (for me anyway) first. I finally got my tattoo done I was really, really scared but it didn't hurt very much and I'm happy with the result. Will post a pic when I can find the charger for my camera.


On a more unhappy note (prepare for a huge rant!) I witnessed the most horrendous act of animal cruelty 2 days ago.

Iain and I were round at my brother and girlfriends house to let us see the dogs. They have a staffie girl (Tia), a staffie boy (Ty) puppy and a jack russel boy (Titch). The boys are un-neutered and are quite prone to starting a fight with each other when riled. The boys kicked off and Denise (bro's gf) grabbed Titch by the scruff, pushing him into the floor and hit him about 3 times, picked him up above her head (still by the scruff) and again hit him a fair few times. She then shouted "Where's his belt!" and led him into the kitchen with a leather belt (at this point I had to leave as I was ready to kill her).

Worse still in the next few days they're supposed to be getting another dog as "they can look after it better than it's current owner can"

I am so tempted to call the SSPCA but not sure how much power they have to actually take the dogs away from her. They are also my brother's dogs and he would never forgive me. In my eyes she is not fit to be a pet owner and this is the 2nd time I've seen her be unecessarily violent towards her pets. I've also seen her belt her son with the buckle of a belt and know she hits her daughter.

I've been telling them to get the dogs neutered but she won't even though she was supposed to be getting Ty done for free when he was old enough. It would stop the fighting to a degree. She also claims that Titch is untrainable even though I had him sitting down beside me nice and calm until she riled him up again.

My brother seems to be turning a blind eye to this. I text him saying what I though if her and he text back "Stargate is on" and has ignored any subsequent texts.

My dog lived with them for the last year of his life and I hate to think how he was treated while there.

Any advice on how to proceed? Should I speak to her or is my only option the SSPCA?

Sorry for the lengthy post.