I feel like my emotions may have gotten the better of me in this situation. I have a neighbor directly across from me whom I’ve never met. My house faces the side of his house and fenced backyard. My husband and I have been hearing this man, at least what sounds like, beating his dog in his backyard. Not just a smack on the bottom but relentless beating. Wack wack wack wack wack wack wack. Over and over again. The first time my husband heard it and told me that he’s pretty sure this guy is beating his dog but I didn’t hear anything so didn’t think much of it. Then he said that he’s heard it a couple times but doesn’t know if he is actually beating this animal because there are no yelps. Well fast forward to today, I am checking the mail and I hear this man from across the street. Wack wack wack wack and yelling “no! Bad! No no no no! Wack wack. Over and over. Yall my emotions got me. I stormed over to his fence where there was a hole and through the hole I saw this man swinging what looked like a thick wooden rod on this poor small dog. Immediately I yelled “are you beating your dog!? I will call the cops on you!” To which he replied with “if you must know I am beating the ground next to him because he won’t stop digging now mind your damn business”. I walked away. I couldn’t say for sure if he was hitting the dog or the ground next to him but it looked and sounded like he was hitting that dog. The dog was cowering scared shitless at this man. I know it wasn’t my place to walk over there and look into his yard through that hole but I couldn’t handle the sound. I’m hoping that whether he was hurting his dog or just scaring him, that maybe I scared him enough with my comment that he will control himself a bit. I mean if we can hear it from across the street who else can? So am I the asshole for not “minding my business” in this situation? I don’t want to be a Karen and I’m honestly feeling a bit guilty for going over there. Idk if I did the right thing. My husband said whether he was doing it or not something needed to be said. My mom told me to report him.