A MAN who pleaded guilty to skinning and beheading a dog was sentenced by a North Carolina court to three years probation and ordered to read the “Lassie” books. Jason Vincent Revels, 19, was charged with felony animal cruelty in the November death of his mother’s mixed pit bull. At a hearing on Monday, Revels said he blacked out and did not remember killing the dog. Superior Court Judge Claude Sitton said he did not believe the teen and ordered him to read books about “Lassie,” a collie popularised in books, film and a long-running television show. The judge also ordered Revels to undergo a psychological evaluation and forbade him to have pets during probation. Revels told police he killed the dog because his mother told him to get rid of it.