Not too bad after a long break from it! Alf was pretty focused on you, and that's half the battle (at least for us it is!)
I don't have small dogs, but I have heard people who do have small dogs say that they avoid bending down by using a long handled spoon with peanut butter on the end as a reward. I think that they are doing that so that they dog can better read their body language with upright posture.