Agility Challenge Tip #7: Figure out if it’s a hard or soft skill
The first step toward building a skill is to figure out exactly what type of skill you're building. Every skill falls into one of two categories: hard skills and soft skills. This tip comes from Danie...
12 Feb 202411min
Agility Challenge Tip #6: Choose Spartan Over Luxurious
It's tempting to think that if we don't have the latest and greatest this or that, we'll never be successful. If we don't have the latest and greatest dog toy, how will our dog ever be as motivated as...
5 Feb 20245min
Agility Challenge Tip #5 – Be Willing To Be Foolish
Top performers are willing to fail, and they’re willing to do so repeatedly in the name of improvement. So, how do you ensure that you’re always comfortable looking silly, or foolish, or stupid? How c...
29 Jan 20249min
Agility Challenge Tip #4 – Steal Without Apology
The idea that talented handlers get their skill by following their “natural instincts” is baloney. This is good news for all of us – there is no “natural instinct” for dog agility. ALL improvement is ...
22 Jan 20248min
Episode 24: You think YOU’RE struggling with your mental game? What about your DOG?
In this episode of The Agility Challenge Podcast, Daisy interviews Kelly Daniel of Hybrid Dog Training. Kelly lives in New Zealand, where she teaches canine fitness, dog agility, and secondary school ...
17 Jan 202444min
Agility Challenge Tip #3 – Spend 15 minutes a day engraving the skill on your brain
What's the best way to learn a skill? In this Agility Challenge Tip I'll talk about the 'engraving approach' or the 'engraving method', and how it can help with your agility skills, even when you don'...
15 Jan 20247min
Agility Challenge Tip #2 – Ignition, And Staring At Who You Want To Become
In this week's Agility Challenge Tip, I'll dive into the power of something called 'ignition' for talent development in dog agility. Ignition is that spark connecting your identity to high performers...
8 Jan 202413min
Agility Challenge Tip 1: Get A Notebook
Over the years, I’ve talked a lot about something called purposeful or deliberate practice, and how important it is to your dog agility handling and training. So, each week this year, I want to give y...
1 Jan 20249min
