Wisconsin police are releasing details of an arrest made of a 34-year-old man who was charged with attaching an electric shock collar to his 8-year-old stepdaughter's leg.

The stepfather allegedly would shock her because she was eating her breakfast too slowly.

A felony child abuse charge is filed against the man in a Washington County Circuit Court. The criminal complaint filed in the case states the stepfather also threatened to shoot the girl's pet rabbit because he said, "she does not take adequate care of the animal."

The girl told investigators she, "cried a lot because it 'hurt a lot' when the shock was administered."

State caseworkers from Washington County Department of Social Services and a Jackson police officer arrived at Jackson Elementary School after a staff member at the school noticed a bruise on the girl's thigh.

The Milwaukee Journal reports the girl says her stepfather on Monday morning attached the collar, which is operated by a remote control, to her thigh, set its shock intensity at "4" and told her she was lucky he didn't set it on "6," as he does with the family dog.

The device, a SportDOG SD-400, has settings from one to eight and delivers electrical shocks ranging from 760 volts to 6,520 volts, according to the company's technical support department in Knoxville, Tennessee.

A "4" setting delivers a shock of 2,680 volts, enough to control a medium-size dog, depending on the dog's temperament, according to company specifications.