Elmo biting again

Elmo has gone mad again. He has started biting me and quite aggressively now. He tore my shorts as well as my shirt tonight. I tried standing still and not moving hoping that he'll get bored and stop but it didn't work. I now have 5 new bruises on my knee and thighs. Finally I was so frustrated that I decided to take up the wifey's advice to whack with a rolled up newspaper. Guess what...it works!!! So effectively that now when I raise my hand he automatically goes into a sit position. But I must say it pains me to hit him and that I'm not too sure how good this would be in the long run. I don't want him to grow up being afraid of me lifting my hand.

Guess it shows that sometimes we still have to resort to the old school method of raising a dog. Instilling a certain degree of fear of authority is good. Let's hope I won't have to whack him too often. Good thing is that in exactly 11 days hubby will be back and Elmo will be Hubbs' problem. Ha ha!!