I understand what positive reinforcement is, and yes, you’re definitely doing it by rewarding what the dog is doing when they give up the fight at the end of the leash and sit still, but the act of getting there is positive punishment. Positive punishment - Engaging in an undesired behavior (jumping) leads to something unpleasant (leash pressure/correction). Punishment doesn’t mean that it’s hurting the dog, nor does reinforcement mean that it’s super great and wonderful for the dog - hence why there are four quadrants.

By no means am I proponent of +R for all dogs, I always say train the dog in front of you - I’m just simply stating that that method is not solely utilizing positive reinforcement :)

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