Macaw Training Another Macaw

I Can't Believe Jinx Taught Morgan THIS!  I am MOST excited about this video footage because it demonstrates observational learning better than I've ever been able to capture before. To actually see it in its entirety - is pretty amazing and powerful. Jinx only had ONE training session before this session (his second). So it's pretty amazing ho...
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How Consistency Shapes Parrot Behavior - REAL Results!

This session is definitely the one I've been waiting for.  We were having incredibly long training sessions due to the amount of time it was taking to get Morgan to step OFF of Patty. Why was this becoming a trouble area? Inconsistency = unclear communication.  Patty was constantly inconsistent with the step off. Examples: Sometimes a...
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Macaw With Foot Defect Learns to Wave With It!

I've been talking about training this since I got [access] to Morgan over a month ago. When she showed body language of wanting to interact with me, I decided to give it a go. We spent literally 2 minutes together training this.  I noticed when I lifted my right arm a certain way, she would raise her bum foot. I've noticed this since I brough...
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