She should never ever hit or spank the dog in any way. There's no reason to! It will just make the dog scared of human touch and do nothing for the bond between them. You can have a perfectly trained dog using strictly positive reinforcement. My dogs are always rewarded when they do something good and ignored when they do something wrong (such as jumping on people). To them, ignoring is the worst thing ever. I never even raise my voice at all.
Unless she catches the dog in the act of peeing in the house, there's absolutely nothing she can do. Dogs have a 3-5 second association time and will have no clue what they are being punished for. It will just scare the dog.
Alyson
Shiloh, Reece, Lolly, Skylar
and fosters Snickers, Missy, Magic, Merlin, Maya
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