Tips, Articles, & Thoughts From Dog Agility Coach And Competitor Daisy Peel
Teaching, just like anything else, is a skill that must be developed. GOOD teachers are those who have practiced good teaching skills. There are a lot of instructors out there in our sport who have not paid as much attention as they could to the practice of actually TEACHING. Here are 5 ways to pick a teacher or coach who will actually help you improve and GROW your skills.
📖📚Learn what all about “post turns” and “shoulder pulls” in this webinar replay with agility coach 📣Daisy Peel. What they are, why you should or should NOT use them, and how to make sure your 🐶dog understands what you what with these moves on course! 🤩
Build your own Canine Cavaletti with this DIY Canine Conditioning Project!
If you don’t have early success, don’t quit! Treat your early efforts as experiments, not as verdicts. Remember, this is a marathon, not a sprint, and “becoming talented” doesn’t happen overnight.
🌟 In this webinar replay, Daisy Peel covers mid-course stress, crate-to-ring transitions, and warm-up procedures. Whether you’re a seasoned handler or a curious beginner, join Daisy’s tribe for tail-wagging insights! 🎥🐾
As I’ve said many times before, you should never have to go “back” to foundation training, because you should never have gotten that far away from in the first place!
Foundation skills are called foundation skills because they are the root, the basis, the foundation for everything else! And, if you neglect them, they will weaken, and everything else weakens too.
So, if you have time for nothing else in your training, make sure you’re addressing the foundations of training, the fundamentals – because strengthening the fundamentals strengthens everything else as well. I’m talking about hard skills here, primarily! What is a ‘hard’ skill? Check out this Agility Challenge Tip to learn more!