Cows lying on a busy road create a dangerous hazard.
Can you get in trouble for hitting a dog. Sadly this happens often. Therefore your county could pass an ordinance that would allow them to restrain your animal at an animal shelter fine you for not. Dont beat hit or kill the dogs.
If your dog is afraid of you he will have trouble focusing when you are trying to train him. Dogs generally dont urinate or defecate out of spite so they dont understand when you do this. Also make sure your yard is secure so your dog cannot jump out.
Some typical problems that hitting your dog will cause are. If you can safely read its tags without endangering yourself see if you can get the necessary contact information. Instead your dog will just become afraid of you.
Besides from the long nails and cherry eye they seem happy but I worry about the mess inside the house with the dogs not being housebroken. All hitting does is teach the dog that you are to be feared. This study by Flom indicates that dogs can not only tell when people are angry they also respond more slowly than they.
Do not however bring a dog into your life. If you need something to hit take it out on a punching bag at the gym and look into anger management counseling. If theres an accident their owner may be responsible.
Hitting is a very outdated dog training method. Unfortunately it is illegal to injure or kill a dog even when it is attacking and killing your pet or livestock. If your dog has a potty accident never rub his nose in it.