How about Mouth/Eye coordination?
Today I taught Dazzle a new trick - the classic Ring Toss (or Ring Drop) game. They say it is good for very young children to improve hand/eye coordination.
When I started teaching her this my plan was to break it down into very simple steps - first pick up the ring like this, then go touch your nose to the top of the pole, then drop the ring. I figured if she did all that the ring would fall onto the pole, right?
Well, appearently that kind of learning was beneath her. She, quite simply, just learned that she had to put the ring on the pole to get a reward. She understood the concept perfectly! And she figured it out in less than half an hour, less than half of a half hour actually. Golly Pete, sometimes I underestimate this dog!
Here is the video of her new trick, be sure to watch the bloopers at the end. :)
