I agree with your ideas here because i have found that with many dogs body language plays a huge role in how the dog behaves. A good trainer would be someone who can not only exert the pressure without touching the dog, but also someone who can get a dog to react to their movement. Ie. movements of hands, arms, legs.
A good example of this would be that if I go into my dining room and place my hand on the handle of the sliding glass door both dogs come up at my side and sit, waiting for me to open the door, or that if I point my arm and hand away from the couch and across the room they get down off the sofa and move in the direction of where my arm/hand is pointing. It doesnt have to be forceful, you just have to provide direction when it is needed.
Some people are misguided enough to think that all you should have to do is teach commands and then the dog will be perfect all the time. They fail to realize that its better to teach the dog to do things a certain way by doing it when it should be done. I havent had to worry about my boys knowing what I want from them because if I want them to do something I tell them to do it right then and there, Ive found that this automatically gets them paying attention to see if I want them to do something.
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