Slidell man cited for allegedly slapping neighbor'€™s dog

The usual story is about a dog biting a man, but on Tuesday, it was a man slapping a dog.

Slidell police issued a summons for animal cruelty to Ronald A. Meyers, 63, 1533 Lakewood Drive, Slidell after he allegedly slapped his neighbor’s dog because it was barking too much.

Police spokesman, Capt. Kevin Foltz said officers were called to the home of Meyers’ neighbor on a complaint of a dog biting someone.

When police arrived, the dog’s owner told officers that Meyers had left for the hospital to be treated for the bite.

When officers located Meyers at Slidell Memorial Hospital, he told them that he was enjoying an afternoon in his back yard, but his neighbor’s dog, Pedro, kept barking, and “getting on his nerves.” Meyers noticed that Pedro was sticking his muzzle through a hole in the backyard fence, so Meyers went up to the fence and slapped Pedro’s muzzle. The dog responded by biting Meyer, causing a moderate injury to one of Meyers’ fingers. He then went to his neighbor and informed them of what happened.

The neighbor told police that Pedro has never bitten any person, and that there never had been any prior problems between the dog and her neighbors. Pedro is a mixed breed dog that weighs between 30 and 35 pounds.

However, police reported that Meyers told them that he “would kill the dog if it got out of the yard.”

Police issued a summons for Meyers to appear in the Slidell City Court for cruelty to animals.