Sunday, February 24, 2013

"chin" 2/24/13

Here's a clip of our training on this... these are the things I was thinking, noticing and/or wanted to know what you think...
  • Gimme doesn't seem to settle in unless my hand has the thumb on one side and fingers on the other - I probably taught that
  • am I even teaching that right... guessing at what you want for holding the dumbell, maybe my presentation should be more straight... so her chin is resting in my finger tips and fingers aligned with her head - now its kinda like her throat resting on my hand
  • it occurs to me I may be "helping too much by having my hand follow her around
  • if I lower my hand she starts getting really bouncy with her head and/or trying to put her foot in my hand
  • do I care about lowering my hand... if the idea is to for her to rest her chin on my fingers to encourage holding the dumbbell - maybe it won't be an issue other than for teaching clarity of her "job" to rest her chin in my hand
  • sometimes when I don't click (you can't tell in the video) its because she isn't really laying her head in my hand, more like hovering her head right over my hand
  • I moved the treat dish between my thighs so she would stop going over to check on it
  • should I train this with both hands or just one?  if one, which?
  • should I be training this me standing?
  • at one point around 3.5 minutes, I lost her a bit (when she went to check out the camera) so clicked re-engaging my hand to get her back in the game
  • note the whiny/moaning when she gets frustrated - that's quiet for her

Of course, I'd be grateful for any feedback...

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