[Redcloak]

For what it's worth, I've found that grabbing a misbehaving dog by the scruff of the neck does wonders. (Grabbing hard!) You'll notice this behavior from dominant dogs in a pack. The Alpha will correct other members of the pack this way. Grabbing the snout from the top has a similar effect.

[HELLRAISER II]

I did something similar to this with a Chow, it ran at my kid growling & since I didn't have a stick I had to do something so I grabbed it by the scruff of the neck on each side of the head, lifted it off the ground & slammed it on it's back. Needless to say it didn't want any more of that, Thank goodness I was scared $hitless.