Stop BABYING Your Bird! Let it FAIL! Don't Help, ENCOURAGE!

I've talked about this before, because it comes into play every single time we flight train a bird for outdoors. But the last time I really talked about it was years ago regarding an older Moluccan cockatoo, read the article here. I've never ever met a parrot owner that we haven't had to drill this lesson into. It's normal. It's hard for us, as...
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Rescuing Your Bird: Don’t Get in the Habit

Photo by Dave Location: Reno, NV Cuddling: Moluccan Cockatoo "Pooh" When I talk about rescuing in this post I’m not talking about adopting your parrot from a rescue facility...  I’m talking about when your bird flies off, or gets on the edge of the counter when you’re calling it, or gets stuck somewhere and you go “rescue” the bird by making ...
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