This call took place live on 7/7/2013
Class notes are available below:
July 7, 2013 Observation Chat Notes
How well do you observe and can you improve your skills?
Can you understand how to collect the information that is critical to you?
How do you choose what to observe?
How do you filter ‘interpretation’?
Here are some fun exercises to start our journey on how well we ‘see’ and what we ‘see’:
http://www.eyetricks.com/3dstereo83.htm
Don’t get bitten! Hint, try moving the distance of your face from the screen.
http://eyetricks.com/3dstereo27.htm
How long does it take you to find this the first time?
The second time?
http://eyetricks.com/3dstereo118.htm
How many legs?
How many passes?
What’s wrong here?
How many things does this horse get shown? How many trials total?
How many things does this dog get shown?
What is the most important thing you must observe for?
What is the critical sign?
Kayce Cover 2013
Transcript of the chat session that took place during this call:
Synalia SATS Live Chat with Kayce Cover
(19:27:43) ChatBot: (john) logs into the Chat.
(19:30:22) ChatBot: (Kayce_Cover) logs into the Chat.
(19:31:27) (Bonita_Habitzruther): I think my sound is out on this, too.
(19:31:31) ChatBot: (Chad_Mackin) logs into the Chat.
(19:31:49) (Kayce_Cover): Hi Chad!
(19:31:57) (Chad_Mackin): Hi Kayce!
(19:32:24) (Kayce_Cover): Hope you can hear, Bonita
(19:32:34) ChatBot: (140973) logs into the Chat.
(19:33:14) (Bonita_Habitzruther): No – 
(19:33:33) ChatBot: (Jamie_Dolan-desktop) logs into the Chat.
(19:33:57) ChatBot: (Susan_Beals) logs into the Chat.
(19:33:59) (Bonita_Habitzruther): No answer at join-conference either
(19:34:44) ChatBot: (Linda_Lindsey) logs into the Chat.
(19:35:26) (Jamie_Dolan-desktop): First link: http://www.eyetricks.com/3dstere?o83.htm
(19:35:38) (Kayce_Cover): http://www.eyetricks.com/3dstere?o83.htm
(19:36:59) (Kayce_Cover): Chad says: spend the time observing!
(19:37:06) (Kayce_Cover): Keep an open mind
(19:37:45) (Kayce_Cover): you know things unconsciously!
(19:39:11) (Kayce_Cover): renew your perspective continuously
(19:39:44) (Linda_Lindsey): observing is also listening, isn’t it?
(19:40:21) ChatBot: (Victoria_Warfel) logs into the Chat.
(19:40:27) ChatBot: (Victoria_Woods) logs into the Chat.
(19:40:28) (Kayce_Cover): Use all your senses to collect information, resolve all the input
(19:41:27) (Kayce_Cover): yawn is equal to stress
(19:42:06) (Jamie_Dolan-desktop): *6 should unmute you if you would like to talk.
(19:43:45) (Linda_Lindsey): how do you mute again?
(19:43:58) ChatBot: (Tanya) logs into the Chat.
(19:44:32) (Jamie_Dolan-desktop): *6 should toggle both mute and unmute.
(19:44:59) (Susan_Beals): I use a yawn to calm my dogs, particularly when beginning to train the long down
(19:45:10) (Susan_Beals): That is – I yawn
(19:45:28) (Linda_Lindsey): thanks
(19:46:54) (Kayce_Cover): Kayce Cover quote: all learning is stressful to a certain degree!
(19:47:21) (Jamie_Dolan-desktop): This is one of my dogs (Hera) at the firework on Thursday evening: http://youtu.be/Lq2zE64JwSg
(19:49:05) ChatBot: (Mary_Farren) logs into the Chat.
(19:50:11) (Victoria_Woods): Kayce Cover quote: all learning is stressful to a certain degree! Yes it is, I haver never done anything like before, so I had figuring out how to post and manipulate the chat box to distract me from seeing the image eyetricks that I think you can all see and I can’t. 
(19:50:32) (Kayce_Cover): Hey Victoria! Good to see you!
(19:50:57) (Victoria_Woods): You can see me? Wow you have POWERS!!!
(19:51:18) (Kayce_Cover): Pressure and release: all movement is a result of pressure, without pressure, we would be motionless!
(19:51:22) (Kayce_Cover): from Chad
(19:52:24) (Kayce_Cover): youtube: 10 myths of purely positive training, check it out
(19:52:56) (Kayce_Cover): limits of observation: skills vs physical limits
(19:53:45) (Kayce_Cover): observation vs interpretation
(19:53:49) (Kayce_Cover): nothing there!
(19:53:58) (Jamie_Dolan-desktop): (whispers to (Kayce_Cover)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-?QTGUDMioQc
(19:54:08) (Jamie_Dolan-desktop): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-?QTGUDMioQc
(19:54:28) (Linda_Lindsey): Can animals have “ambition” and pressure themselves to do better?
(19:54:49) (Chad_Mackin): I believe so Linda … in fact, I’m quite sure of it …
(19:55:51) (Kayce_Cover): synalia.com/press
(19:55:58) (Kayce_Cover): rhino video
(19:56:49) (Kayce_Cover): I agree Chad and Linda
(19:59:48) (Kayce_Cover): Buck Brannamon: flicking the left hand in the trainer!
(20:00:15) (Linda_Lindsey): ?
(20:00:53) (Linda_Lindsey): yes
(20:01:03) ChatBot: (Lynne_Helmhold) logs into the Chat.
(20:02:42) (Susan_Beals): That was what I was always so impressed with, with Kayce. She does what she says she does.
(20:04:04) (Jamie_Dolan-desktop): (whispers to (Kayce_Cover)) private message; I’m not sure which video it is; http://www.youtube.com/results??search_query=buck+brannaman+hors?e&oq=buck+brannaman+horse&gs_l=yo?utube.3..0l6.553318.563493.0.5759?17.14.10.0.4.4.0.95.799.10.10.0..?.0.0…1ac.1.11.youtube.eI8V6d4Kf?oo
(20:05:04) ChatBot: (Lynne_Helmhold) logs out of the Chat.
(20:05:18) (Jamie_Dolan-desktop): Trailer: http://youtu.be/IShjmWYuHZ0 (thought this is only 2:31 long, I’ll look if there is another longer one)
(20:06:00) (Linda_Lindsey): may I have a look?
(20:07:03) (Kayce_Cover): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0?6K9dQ0xNAw My horse talking to me!
(20:09:26) ChatBot: (Kim_Klauzek) logs into the Chat.
(20:11:00) (Linda_Lindsey): LOL cool. I saw the response your were looking for … except the bottle or ?whatever. When you said bottle or … your horse nodded like 3 times! Of course, it was BOTTLE. Interesting…
(20:12:43) (Kayce_Cover): dynamite Linda!
(20:15:14) ChatBot: (Kim_Klauzek) logs out of the Chat.
(20:19:35) (Kayce_Cover): Linda, horse was correct, trainer incorrect!
(20:20:36) (Linda_Lindsey): Your horse gave the correct response you were looking for, as well! Your horse was trying to cut through the red tape!
(20:21:53) (Kayce_Cover): Yes!
(20:22:31) (Kayce_Cover): So, must look for general and for detail, focus in and focus out
(20:22:59) (Kayce_Cover): Must look once for each feature
(20:23:03) (Linda_Lindsey): I can’t APPLAUD name and explain enough.
(20:24:27) (Kayce_Cover): Thank you Linda!
(20:24:34) (Linda_Lindsey): It is exactly what is needed when a dog is not familiar with sights/sounds.
(20:25:32) (Kayce_Cover): Cure for not seeing: observe generally, look for indicator behaviors and changes, then hone in
(20:32:01) (Kayce_Cover): Interpretation vs observation
(20:32:10) (Kayce_Cover): You must track cause and effect
(20:33:37) ChatBot: (Carolyn_Weinbaum) logs into the Chat.
(20:43:05) (Kayce_Cover): Observation class: ready two weeks from tonight! Will be online, with live chat, same time, same station.
(20:44:54) (Kayce_Cover): see the website, synalia.com, for class details
(20:46:26) (Kayce_Cover): belief limits what is possible for see!
(20:46:33) (Kayce_Cover): Mark McCabe
(20:46:55) (Kayce_Cover): Chad: What we learn from experience, depends on the philosophy we bring to the experience
(20:47:49) ChatBot: (140973) has been logged out (Timeout).
(20:49:48) ChatBot: (john) has been logged out (Timeout).
(20:52:40) (Kayce_Cover): Chad: If you are not capable of controlling your own emotional state, it is not fair to expect the dog to control his.
(20:52:49) (Kayce_Cover): We must lead by example!
(20:54:08) (Kayce_Cover): So, some of our greatest limitations are due to our own mental state, and our beliefs of what is possible.
(20:56:56) ChatBot: (Lynne_Goodman) logs into the Chat.
(20:58:04) (Linda_Lindsey): Thanks, Chad!