Although I wish I could write two different articles on one topic each, that's just not how my video went this week! There were two lessons to be gained, at least.  The first? Revisit The Basics  It was time, after almost 3 weeks of intense, forward-momentum training with Morgan, to re-visit the basics of our training. Go back to the founda...

During this whole journey with Morgan the macaw, I was getting a ton of people saying things like, "But what if Morgan NEVER likes her owner again?" and "What if Morgan has chosen YOU over her owner forever?! Then what?!"  Here's how I was ensuring the switch of affections: What Patty did to EARN the bond:  Daily Care Patty was 100% in charg...

I've talked about using jealousy in the past to get a quicker response from your bird, and train numerous things (from talking on cue to harness training!) We also show it being used positively in our flight training course as we train our three macaws at once!  So here I am, at it again, this time using camelot macaw Morgan and my blue throate...

Reminder: Morgan is a 7 year old camelot macaw with a foot defect she was hatched with. To catch up with Morgan's story, please click here.  Lessons from this video: Always end the session on a positive note and while the enthusiasm is still high!  Crashing is part of the learning process - just like a toddler looks to its parents for how to re...

I literally use my own blog articles as a reminder and a guide to my next choices in my training with Morgan. Although Patty, her owner, is a parrot health and nutrition guru, she is not a trainer and so I will be training them both. I find this much easier to do if Patty can be part of the process, which has been part of my hope all along. This...

Because Morgan has a left foot defect, she has always had people who had no clue how to properly handle her. Do they treat her as normal? Do they compensate for her, or does she do that? The questions become endless.  Morgan has not been able to speak a common language with her previous owners and I'm determined for this to come to a stop. How? ...