Again, make sure you and your dog don't rely on this. Make sure the rewards are more fun than watching you embarrass yourself. Responsible pet owners must teach their pets appropriate behavior by rewarding them. But just as important is correcting bad behavior. While it may seem obvious to most people, it can never be said enough.
Appropriate corrections is important, but striking an animal is never an appropriate correction.
Instead of teaching an animal that what he did was wrong, striking him teaches the animal to fear his handler. There are several techniques that are far more effective. Always use a firm tone of voice to correct your pets bad behavior. Eventually, this firm tone of voice should be all your pet needs to know he's done something wrong. The inability to correct by tone of voice leads to destructive pets, which are often abandoned.