06/19/2026
Pressure-
One issue I discuss in the Art of Pressure seminar is the importance of the dog’s comprehension of how to Avoid pressure and how to Remove pressure.
The application of an aversive should either extinguish the undesired behavior or increase the desired behavior.
Some corrections just work and the dog complies. Yet many are repeated with increased intensity. Teaching your dog the proper response to a correction should be done on the drill field and in a clear and concise manner.
For example a dog provides the incorrect cast on the Modified T. A common correction is the use of indirect pressure with an e-collar sit-nick-sit and a recast. In the past I frequently used this method.
However currently, as I’m beginning to initially use (teach) this correction, for several sessions, after I use the indirect pressure, I toss a bumper in the direction I want the dog to cast. This provides a solution to the dog on how to Remove the pressure of the correction. Later, a dog will learn to avoid pressure via compliance.
I teach many “corrections/solutions” on the drill field just as I teach skills.
Better communication of expectations means better attitude and clear training agendas.
Get to work on this concept to reduce repeating corrections in set ups.
