Originally Posted by
Dakota Creek
Any training involves some sort of “pressure” for the dog. How do you teach the dog to heel? On a lead and as the dog moves ahead of you, do you not correct the dog by pulling the dog back into the correct position beside you? That too is pressure as with repetitions, the dog will understand that if they heel beside you, no “pressure” will be applied for any needed correction. Teaching a puppy to sit? Gently pushing the puppy into a sitting position is also pressure.
For those who follow a training programs (like those by Mike Lardy, Evan Graham, Chris Akin, Rick Stawski or Bill Hillman) … all use an e-collar and ALL properly collar condition their dogs to learned skills PRIOR to moving into new skills. And if you understand this conditioning, the lowest discernible stimulation is used for training …. Likely less pressure than you would use to teach your dog to heel with a slip lead.