re: So you are not allowed to whip your kids now?

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We use to have a Golden Retriever. and with most young dogs they are pretty undisciplined. One day our dog was being a bad dog and my Mom took a comb and threw it at her, hit her square between the eyes. Sure that isn't a spanking, but every time the dog would see it from than on she would immediately stop acting bad. Spanking can be effective, sometimes it isn't effective.

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True. Dogs learn from negative and positive reinforcement. You can't sit your dog down in your lap and say "Fluffy, what issues are you having that causes you to be so bad?"