I have 2 dogs and have never hit either one...The human hand should not be associated with punishment....but I can stare them down and point to where I want them to go, and they go....Great companions. I am 70 and my dogs don’t care if I scrub my teeth first thing in the morning or wear PJ’s all day, I recently noticed something with my lab (that I have had for 10 years) that when she is wagging her tail and I talk to her, she wags her tail faster until I stop talking....There has to something in a voice that makes them happy enough to wag..
Clearly they want to please us, and clearly they like our country. But, who mentioned hitting? It is counter productive in training a dog.
LOL sorry for my question about hitting, I now understand you were talking about the people I was training. Man, getting old is tough!
Here, here!