With dogs, you've got to catch them in the act. If it's 1 minute later, it's too late to do anything about it.
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when I say to him "Who done that?" he runs away and hides.
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Sounds like he knows those words mean you're about to hurt him. Don't fool yourself into believing it means any more than that. You can't project the way your mind works onto him.
Instead of hitting, if you see him chewing on something he shouldn't, tell him "NO" then immediately distract him with a toy he is allowed to play with and praise him for chewing on that. It won't work just to constantly deny, deny, deny... you need to substitute that desire for something else.