Report: Man says he hit dog with a machete because he didn’t want to hit his girlfriend

-Floyd County Jail records-

A local man was arrested at a hotel on Martha Berry Boulevard on Wednesday on a felony count of aggravated cruelty to animals.

According to Floyd County jail records:

25-year-old Joseph Robert Bisher struck his dog named “Oreo” with a machete, causing a deep laceration.

When asked why he did what he did, Bisher stated that he did not want to hit his girlfriend, so he hit the dog instead.