When some people think of bird training, often the first thing that comes to mind is trick training. They envision the cute routine they saw at a theme park somewhere. While it is very beneficial to a bird to experience all types of training, for the ...
This post is probably not going to make me popular. However, my popularity in the avian community has never been driving force in anything I have said or done here. I don’t use Birdtricks to gain personal affirmation in the form of shares and likes. My only interest in this community begins and ends with your birds.
I will be speaking my mind in this post and saying what I feel needs to be said. I want ...
Told ya I wouldn’t be the screen capture this week!
This video was inspired by the loss of our best Spreecast video we had ever made, and we answered soooo many issues people were having regarding hurdles they couldn’t jump over with clicker training and target training. So here it is, to stay this time!
We answer things like:
1. What if your bird is too distracted to train?
2. What if your bird flies off when you want to train it?
3. What if your bird is afraid of the sound of the clicker?
I am loving this new series we have begun on sharing people’s success stories with the Bird Tricks’ training program. It is incredibly uplifting and inspiring to hear about more and more people realizing that having a bird is so much more than just something pretty in a cage to add to their household décor. This next story is particularly near to my heart as it’s a great example of my fervent belief that no matter what the start your bird has had in this life, no bird is untrainable – every bird deserves the opportunity to live an enriched ...
There might come a time when, because of illness or injury, you will need to medicate your parrot. It’s a good idea to start preparing for that possibility now, before the need for your bird’s cooperation arises.
Several years ago, after I had first gotten Linus, he managed to escape his cage while I was at work. I came home to a complete mess. A quick glance showed that all the other bird’s cages were still closed, so I spent the next several minutes assessing the damage and trying to ...
