Tips, Articles, & Thoughts From Dog Agility Coach And Competitor Daisy Peel
We live in an age where access to information is pretty easy, and the amount of information we can easily get our hands on is massive. When it comes to dog training, it seems like these days, everybody has a lot of knowledge, and many speak authoritatively on topics that they’re knowledgeable about. Scroll for
I learned a LOT by staring intently at those who were at the top of the sport at the time. There was no FaceBook, and there was no YouTube. But, I followed my heroes as closely as I could, and reached out to them for instruction. Nowadays, I’ve become friends with those who I started out by stalking. I wanted to learn everything I could learn by watching them, emulating them, all of it. I wanted to be up on that podium, listening to the National Anthem play. Who are YOUR agility heroes?
Every time we get a new dog, or embark on training a new behavior, it’s a risk. It might work, and it might not. In my twenty years of dog agility training, only one thing seems for certain, and that is that progress will NOT be linear.
A dream is a dream because it calls to us in a particular and important way, and if something is calling to you like that, it’s very difficult to ignore.
The best thing you can do now is to save yourself from frustration and heartache by learning from the past mistakes of OTHER agility handlers, including me! Don’t repeat these mistakes – save yourself a ton of pain and frustration! Read on to learn what those three big mistakes are!
What does it mean to ‘play to win’ vs ‘playing not to lose’ – and how does that impact your ability to achieve the types of performances you’re after with your dog? What does winning even MEAN?