This is an evil culture. Forget about him slapping a dog, what about the mental torture this man and his family are going through. That tart couldnt wait to stab him in the back. People are being conditioned to act and think in certain ways by not being allowed to express any different opinion. The issue here has nothing to do with dogs but the frightening controlling media culture and the willingness of people to denounce and jump on the bandwagon.
How he trains his dogs is his business.