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Whether you're chasing your 1st clean run or your 100th, Daisy can help you train with purpose so you and your dog can thrive under pressure.

11/05/2026

My North Star: The Things I Believe About Dog Training
Everybody's selling you their way, and a lot of them are sure yours is wrong. When it gets loud, what do you steer by? Here's what I wrote down to keep me steady.
Check out the full post! https://daisypeel.com/my-north-star-dog-training-philosophy/

11/03/2026

Your dog ducks away when you pet them before a run. YOU think you're lowering the pressure, but from your dog's point of view, you might be ADDING to it. Same hand, same dog, totally different experience on the couch later that night. Context matters. FULL EPISODE 🔗: https://daisypeel.com/who-decides-whats-aversive/

11/02/2026

Can You Count Your Way To A Happy Dog?
How many cookies? How many corrections? We love to count, and we love to judge a single moment. But one rep is a snapshot, and your dog's life is the whole movie. Here's the scoreboard I actually use, for training and for play.
Check out the full post! https://daisypeel.com/is-your-dog-training-working/

10/29/2026

My First Dog Hid Behind My Legs For Three Weeks
Your dog doesn't get braver by being protected from the world. They get braver by being prepared for it. My first dog, Gonzo, a shelter rescue who hid behind my legs, wouldn't eat, and peed when anyone came near him, is the dog who taught me that.
Check out the full post! https://daisypeel.com/my-first-dog-gonzo/

10/27/2026

Every Front Cross Is A Lure
NEW PODCAST EPISODE! You lured your dog today. So did I. In agility your body IS the lure, and you'll still be using it at Nationals. Here's why luring itself isn't a problem, and what to do about the cookie that never leaves your hand.
Check out the full post! https://daisypeel.com/every-front-cross-is-a-lure/

10/26/2026

Nobody Bans The Seesaw Because It Bangs
The first time a seesaw bangs under a baby dog, they might not like it. But, we don't argue to get seesaws out of agility (although as a community we can argue at plenty of OTHER stuff we don't like about a seesaw!). We PREPARE the dog. Resilience is BUILT, not protected.
Check out the full post! https://daisypeel.com/nobody-bans-the-teeter/

10/22/2026

Why Do We Play Down How Much We Want It?
Have you ever told someone you're "just here for fun" when you really weren't? There's a reason so many of us play it down, and it has a name. And no, wanting to excel never meant being hard on your dog.
Check out the full post! https://daisypeel.com/why-do-we-play-down-how-much-we-want-it/

10/20/2026

The Thing I Got Wrong For Years
NEW PODCAST EPISODE! Is there a part of your training you never film? Not because you forgot. Because you'd rather not watch it. Whatever it is, I'd bet it's the part that hasn't improved in years. Here's why, and the thing I got wrong for about ten years that taught me.
Check out the full post! https://daisypeel.com/the-thing-i-got-wrong-for-years/

10/20/2026

Some people take their puppy to the hardware store... 😜

Now that we are enjoying nice cool mornings here in Ohio, Alice comes along with me to the gym in the mornings. She waits in the Jeep while I work out, and then after checking that it's ok (even though staff says I'm fine I will always always ask permission), I bring her in to goof around and play for a few minutes.

My gym is pretty heavily bodybuilder and military types and somebody is always filming something for socials, or their coach their clients, so filming is nothing out of the ordinary here.

Still, it's important to be respectful and aware of the space around you when taking your puppy or dog out in public. It is nobody's responsibility but your own to manage your dog and your awareness of the space around you, and it is ridiculous to expect other people to step aside or manage themselves on your behalf. 💪🏻

10/19/2026

Do You Really NEED To Buy Another Dog Training Course?
Buying yet another online course FEELS like taking action to solve a training problem, but is it? At some point, you're gonna have to dig and get down to doing the sometimes messy work of training the dog in front of you.
Check out the full post! https://daisypeel.com/if-it-worked-youd-have-graduated/

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