Man gets 18 months for trying to kill dog

Amy, a 2-year-old beagle mix, collapsed into convulsions and seizures before she died ? a scene all too familiar for her owners.

“She couldn?t breathe at all, and she fell down the stairs. She couldn?t control her actions,” said Molly Cassella, 17, who came home from school Jan. 3 to let Amy outside. The dog ? her “best friend” ? died several hours later at an Annapolis animal hospital.