This is a super common concern!However it illustrates a confusion between teaching manding and teaching an automatic sit - these are two different behaviors. Here is an article Jane wrote about manding and what it is, and here is an article on the same concern applied to a show ring.And yes, the concern that manding will cause dogs to sit in the show ring instead of stack is the same concern that you have!
This is a super common concern!
However it illustrates a confusion between teaching manding and teaching an automatic sit - these are two different behaviors.
Here is an article Jane wrote about manding and what it is, and here is an article on the same concern applied to a show ring.
And yes, the concern that manding will cause dogs to sit in the show ring instead of stack is the same concern that you have!