bckrazy,
wow! i should eat as well as your dogs!
indefinite N.I.L.I.F. is a thought. It's probably just laziness on my part that I don't do it indefinitely.
I mean, if I have a month's goal, i feel i'm working toward something. But yeah, the hand feeding with lots of commands really keeps her knowing who's boss, as well as a kinder, gentler dog. (Oh, that mashed mackeral and oatmeal feels so *ahem* pleasant in my hands.)
And I never have to get mad. I just put the food away until later when she isn't cooperating. I guess I just need to teach her more commands to keep her from getting too bored by repeating the same ones over and over and over.

As a side note, Daisy's really doing well at standing up. And she loves to hold on to my hands sometimes for short periods of time, and walks along on 2 feet that way. I am certain that she will learn to walk on 2 feet.