[Ramon]

What's "positive punishment"? Sounds like an oxymoron.
On House Manners vs Competition, the difference I'm referring to is the degree of proofing and the precision required. With house manners you just care if the dog sits in the immediate vicinity. With competition, the dog must sit quickly, his shoulder next to your knee, and his body aligned with yours. Then there's heeling. For most people it's enough that the dog doesn't pull on the leash, but if you don't want to lose points in competition the dog must look at you attentively with his body in a straight line and his shoulders about 4 inches from your knee. Same analogy applies to every other command. When my dog was a puppy, I could get him to do all the basic commands with very little compulsion, but just getting him to the BH level required a different kind of training. I know there are ways to creatively proof your dog through positive techniques, but it's always more complicated and time consuming.