Would you let your Valentine SHOCK you?!?
Here's a bit of dark humor for Valentine's Day that has to do with dog training...sort of...mostly it's just a fun thought experiment!
11 Feb 5min
Recast: The Controversy of Agility: Training Methods, Politics, and High-Level Performance (From Daisy's guest appearance on The Doggie Stoic Podcast)
In this episode, I join Andrew on The Doggy Stoic podcast to talk about high-level agility competition, the Kynology Agency-Accountability Framework, and why I'm open about using complete training met...
8 Jan 1h 7min
Heart Health and Christmas Wishes
What does Christmas Eve have to do with Heart Health? What does dog agility have to do with heart health? Some thoughts from Daisy Peel during this holiday season.
24 Des 20257min
Agility Challenge Tip #20 – Practice Alone
Holding ourselves accountable to stay sharp, to stay focused, and to stay in the sweet spot at the edge of our abilities when we're alone is important – it's not what happens in class each week, durin...
13 Mai 20246min
Agility Challenge Tip #19 – Don’t do ‘drills’ – instead, play small, addicting games
As a dog trainer and handler, you're not only a student (of the game, of your instructor, etc.), but you're also a coach for your dog. And, good coaches, whether it's to your dog or to your own agilit...
6 Mai 20246min
Agility Challenge Tip #18 – Choose 5 minutes a day instead of an hour a week
In this Agility Challenge Tip, learn why practice "snacks" are better than practice "binges", what days of the week you should practice, and what it means to be ruthless about noticing and fixing mist...
29 Apr 20247min
Agility Challenge Tip #17 – Embrace Struggle
Many might ask why in the world would somebody continue to put themselves in the face of feeling frustrated, why would anybody want to struggle? In this episode, Daisy discusses why struggle is not on...
22 Apr 202414min
Agility Challenge Tip #16 – Each day, try to build one perfect chunk
What's the difference between activity and actual accomplishment? And, how do we go about making sure that we don't fall in to the trap of mistaking one for the other? Check out this Agility Challenge...
15 Apr 20248min
