However since then, he does not listen yet he knows that this is wrong,Ido not beleive that beating the dog is a good idea, but I am stern enough to make him know that his behaviour is not to be tolerated.his problem in short is that he does not want to listen to basic commands in the feild like stay,wait, down, etc and just wants to do his own thing.Though, i know he is the best lab i have had so far