( CNN ) -- Police call the relationship `` toxic . '' If the details of the police report are accurate , folks wo n't need much convincing . Bear the Pomeranian disappeared in early August after the dog 's owner and her then-boyfriend Ryan Eddy Watenpaugh had an argument . The woman fled her apartment after she was physically assaulted by Watenpaugh , she told police in Redding , California . When she returned , Bear was gone . The couple , which police say had a tumultuous dating relationship that included the woman being held against her will , briefly reconciled the first week in September . Watenpaugh , 35 , cooked her a meal that included meat . Then the text messages began . `` How 's your dog taste ? I thought it was better with BBQ and those Hawaiian buns . '' `` I guess u could bury what u did n't eat . '' `` The smile on my face when you read this ... priceless , '' CNN affiliate KRCR reported . Then early Tuesday , Watenpaugh showed up at the woman 's house and left a small bag by her front door , police say . Inside was a note and two dog paws . `` Burn in hell , '' the note says . `` I hate you so much it hurts . Stay away from me . I want nothing to do with you . F -- - you . '' At the bottom of the note : a smiley face . Redding police arrested him two days later . They say he 's admitted to sending the messages and placing the dog paws at the woman 's residence , but has denied killing or cooking Bear . `` You know this is extremely strange , '' Redding Sgt . Todd Cogle told KRCR . `` Unusual , something we had never seen before . '' Watenpaugh has been charged with domestic violence , false imprisonment , stalking and animal cruelty . He 's being held on $ 250,000 bail in the Shasta County jail . Man killed , planned to eat girlfriend 's dog , police say . CNN 's Joe Sutton contributed to this report .
Text messages suggest Ryan Eddy Watenpaugh may have cooked ex 's dog . ` ` How 's your dog taste ? '' 'I'm not sure, but it is delicious! " Watenpaugh delivers bag with note and dog paws to ex 's house . The charges include domestic violence , false imprisonment , stalking and animal cruelty .