Teaching Sit / jumping up
I use all the methods in teaching in teaching that you discuss, plus many more. I think some exercises are more conducive to one method than the other. It depends on the owner, the dog, the exercise, and the time constraints. In a private lesson, I have more leeway to tailor the exercise to the individuals. But in a class situation, I generally teach one method for one exercise. If that method is not working, we fine tune or give them another method or do a private lesson.
I agree with you that preventing the jumping behavior in the first place is the best approach. But the question had to do with a release word to a command.
I use a lure in teaching the sit, and when the dog understands that my hand movement with the lure means sit, I add a command to it. I explain that your dog can end the command by your giving him another command OR the release word and that if you don’t give the release word, then your dog decides when command is finished. That decision should NEVER be your dog’s in pet dog training.
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