I was playing with my dog the other day and although it is generally very well behaved, it started to play bite. I won't tolerate that, especially because we have young grandsons who visit. I tried correcting the dog by giving a verbal command. I noticed that the dog was wagging it's tail the whole time. My wife said that our dog doesn't respond to strong verbal commands because we hardly ever do that. We almost always give positive reinforcement. Our dog is pretty spoiled, but has it's limits. It isn't allowed on the furniture or in bed. We don't get on the floor and play with her. We try to keep it in it's place. I have always thought if I have to use corporal punishment on my dog that I have failed it. What say you? Do you hit or swat your dog on occasion when it does something you consider very bad?