excellent responses from everyone, I think the wife should finish out the command and not let someone else take over. In the dog's eyes she is loosing her rank by not following through. I believe using a treat is an excellent way to change the mood of the command from comfrontational to possitive. Hopefully when the dog is sent to the BED is not used a correction rather a positioning change. I know you should never punish the dog by crating it or making it go its bed, this will create a negative association with it. I also not a fan of hitting a dog, you don't want to create a fear bite situation or just a straight deffensive reaction.