Beating the dog

So I'm wondering what the truth is about beating your dog. I know it has been said that you should not hit your dog. Well I'm wondering if this means I've been a bad dog owner because I hit and kick my dog all the time. Sometimes, not always, but sometimes we'll come home and our beagle, Lucy, will have raided the kitchen trash. I will imediately drag her over to the kitchen, stick her nose in the trash on the floor, and in the trash can, and wack her butt continuously with my open hand saying, "no! no! no!" and then I'll let go of her, but I'll kick her before she runs off into the other room. She'll yelp the whole time, and I think, "Okay, now she'll never do that again." Well that's not true because I actually know now, after beating her several times already, that she is still going to one day raid that trash again. I hate beating her but I think it does work, she doesn't raid the trash very often. The other thing I'll hit her for is jumping up on strangers. I often get looks like I can't believe you just hit your dog, but it's not like I'm an angry naturally abusive person, it's just that dogs don't speak english and you can't give them a treat for not jumping on someone. Oh, and yes, I tried the spray bottle but it doesn't work. Also whenever a knock on the door or person walks by outside, she's suddenly a psycho dog on a barking rampage determined to drown out a firetruck. I'll have her around the leash with one hand opening the door with the other balanced on one foot and kicking her. I open the door, perhaps unaware of my own brutality, because people get glazed looks when they hear her yelp and their bamby like stare makes me question myself. You know the dog is yelping even though I'm not really kicking her very hard, and she goes right back to barking as soon as I stop so I keep kicking her, softly mind you, in her belly near her hind legs because she's very sensitive there, and she does stop barking, and she's really good as long as I'm still standing close enough to kick her. I used to beat her when she'd pee or poo in the house, just like the trash, but she doesn't do that anymore. So if you have any alternative ideas I'd be happy to change my abusive behavior for something else that works.

Funny, I uncovered this video that shows just how insensitive I've been to Lucy.