Whereupon Wade slapped him.

"Are you a pup or a wolf that you grab for it?
Here." Sampson was slower to act, but he snapped again.

Whereupon Wade hit him again, with open hand, not with violence or rancor, but a blow that meant Sampson must obey.
Next time the hound did not snap.

Denver had to be cuffed several times before he showed deference to this new master.

But the bloodhound Kane refused to take any meat out of Wade's hand.