A Hudsonville woman will be going to jail after she told her dog to attack a man she was arguing with. Sic 'Em is a command to train a dog to attack an intruder. Sic 'Em has been around since at least 1845. The first known source of the phrase was in a book called "The Adventures of Captain Simon." The phrase is a pronunciation modification of seek him as go after him or attack him. This would get their dog riled up to train them against potential intruders. I never thought someone would need to do this in real life but nothing surprises me these days. According toWOOD, 37yearold Augustina Villarreal was arguing with a man and then sicked her dog on him. The dog bit them several times in his arms before he could crawl out a window of the house to get away. Villarreal pleaded from a felonious assault with a dangerous weapon down to a misdemeanor. She was fined over 850 but will get 75 days in the Ottawa County Jail. Once out of jail, she will spend a year on probation. Michigan does have laws on the books that say a dog owner is liable for their dog biting a victim who was legally on the property and the victim did not provoke the dog. The man bitten by Villarreal's dog could come back and sue her. Gallery Credit:Rob Carroll. Gallery Credit:Rachel Cavanaugh
A woman in Hudsonville will go to jail for telling her dog to attack a man during an argument. The command "Sic 'Em" to train a dog to attack has been around for a long time. Augustina Villarreal pleaded guilty to the incident and will serve 75 days in jail and a year on probation. Michigan laws hold dog owners accountable for their dog's actions.