my dog thinks it's a game when he is smacked or hit in any way, so as a dicsiplinary action that doesn't really work. He's pretty well behaved but he does love to fuck with my guests, he thinks they are there to visit him :)

Then WTF are you getting in my face for? You must have the memory of a goldfish.

That is the problem with my dog.

I try to follow "the rules" so that the little prick knows who the alpha male in this house really is, but he just accepts it as a challenge.

I am tempted to start dressing him up as a girl until he finally gets it that he is a distant #2.

my first rott could tear the tracks off a tank, I had no desire to get into a who is physically stronger game with him. All voice control, the words didn't matter as much as the tone.

Yep, I do spank my dogs once in a while. I don't see no problem there.