Photo by Dave Location: Orlando, FL Shown: African Grey "Cressi", Galah "Bandit", Camelot Macaws "Tusa" & "Comet" & Blue Throat Macaw "Jinx"   I was out at Blue Jacket Park in Orlando, Florida (like I have been so much recently) and it was actually on Valentine's Day because I was out there freeflying my parrots. Well, this lady came ...

I'm a HUGE believer in working with your bird's NATURAL capabilities and habits. For instance, my cockatoo "Bondi" is most talkative in the car above other places. So, since we were on a road trip from Washington to Arizona, I thought I'd use that to my advantage and grabbed my training bag with me up front. Now, she is mostly talkative with D...

I talk about desensitizing your bird pretty often with different things like dropping books or introducing a new toy, it can be something simple or something really odd (like a giant piñata!)   The purpose of desensitization is to get your bird use to as many different things as possible as a way to reduce the impact of change so it doesn't caus...

Have you been hearing a lot about clicker training but have NO IDEA how to get started or even, how the heck to do it? Well, I'm going to fill ya in! What you need to clicker train is...  1. A clicker 2. Your animal's favorite treat The reason you clicker train is to teach your animal to LEARN. It is a way for you to communicate with your animal...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, Florida Stepping up: Military Macaw "Cash"   Cash is my military macaw who is between the age of 2.5-3 years old. He was always “Dave’s boy” and I never had much to do with him. Not that I didn’t like him but when we got him we got two other macaws and most of my time was with them. We let the birds choo...

One of the many reasons it can be hard to introuduce your bird to new people is because new people who don't know birds, don't know how to properly handle or hold them. I've experienced it before - both not knowing what the heck I am doing and witnessing someone else not know for themselves! Neither feels better than the other!   Here are some p...