The Pressure Hub
Pressure and the walk
Why dogs pull, what the lead adds, and what the person on the other end carries: the strain of the pull, social pressure and expectation pressure.
What we mean by pressure
Pressure on a walk has two sources for the dog.
Environmental pressure is the pull of the world: a smell, another dog, a favourite route.
Tool pressure is what the equipment adds when the lead goes taut.
In our experience, pulling usually starts with the first and can get heavier with the second.
The person on the other end of the lead carries a third kind, handler pressure. It has three parts: the strain of the pull, social pressure (being watched and judged) and expectation pressure (what you expect from the walk, and the urgency when it does not match).
Read more: What is environmental pressure? · What pressure does a lead create? · What is social pressure? · What is expectation pressure?
The S-K9 ChestCollar cannot change the pull of the world. What it changes is the tool pressure on the walk: the dog slows, the lead loosens and the handler is carried less. That eases handler pressure and, we infer, social pressure too. Watch the young Rottweiler walk to see the lead change.