Johnson must also perform 400 hours of community service working with dogs, take anger management courses and repay the vet bills.
The 55-year-old Hillcrest man was convicted in January of animal cruelty using a deadly weapon for the 2008 attack in which he repeatedly bashed a 6-month-old German-shepherd mix named Karley in the head.
Johnson claimed he was freeing himself after the neighbor dog clamped its mouth on his hand as he walked her home.
