I read about this, now. The dog's getting help and will hopefully be okay. The pooch has been renamed "Joseph" (it's original name was 'Toby') and is getting the help it needs.
When questioned about the abuse, the slug that owned the dog said, "It's not human"!
I don't get why this guy would bother to get a dog if he can't or won't care for it. It's like he got a dog for the sole purpose of sadistically abusing it rather than for a pet.
He even told concerned neighbors a whopper about how the dog had a weird rare disease or something.
Jerk should find a huge bonfire and jump into it.