During a compitition, do you change the inflection of your commands? Personally, I am of the opinion that a whispered command should be followed as quickly and accurately as one that is harshly yelled at the dog. Yes, those are two extremes.
I was recently told that during an OB routine, if the judge tells me to down my dog and doesn't hear my command even if the dog downs immediately I will lose points because he didn't hear it. This didn't make any sense to me.
Do you use your voice as 'compulsion' in the ring / on the field?
When I was at Nationals last year I watched people 'tune up' their dogs before entering the ring. They loaded the dog with collars, e-collar, prong collar and then choke. They did heavy compulsion OB with the e-collar first, then took that off and used the prong, then removed that just before they stepped on the field leaving only the choke chain. While on the field they were screaming the commands at the dogs, including when the dog was 6 inches away from them at a heel.
I'm not saying either way is right or wrong, I'm just interested in other people's experiences.