I've just been on a training frenzie lately, I know! My goal is to catch my entire flock up to speed with where my cockatoo, Bondi, is. She is our "pro" training parrot. She knows so many things and learns super fast (but gets bored easy, too) and I just want the entire flock to be up to speed with her. So you might see many different birds le...

In the video above I explain things that helped, occured or didn't help train my galah, Bandit, how to spin in a circle on the perch. I used touch training to teach the spin to him and Cressi, my African Grey. Hopefully this helps you and you like the end result of Bandit's training! Listen close and you will hear him say his name while spinni...

So, I finally implemented a cue for Bondi to use to roll over and no longer have to touch her at all to get her to do it! Pretty exciting, she is even doing it for other people which lets me know she really gets it. If you missed my video on how I taught her this behavior, check it out here. Article by Jamieleigh Womach. She has been working ...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Moab, Utah Freeflight: Blue Fronted Amazon "Storm"  Hopefully most of you remember me talking about the Amazon parrot, Storm, and how I was going to be fostering him for a total of 45 days. Well, that 45 days ended a little bit ago and I'm still here in Moab, Utah with his owners. The other blog where I talk abo...

I taught both of my cockatoos how to "roll over" which is pretty much the same as "bang" and "playing dead" because they all involve teaching the bird to go onto its back on command. However, the thing is, I taught both of my birds using different ways. I used clicker training with both, but separate techniques (sort of). Let me show you what I...

So, I finally got Bondi to perform the entire Mailbox Routine on camera. This routine is very advanced in my opinion. Bondi already knew dozens of behaviors and this one became frustrating for her. I literally gave her about 4 months off from doing it before attempting it again and getting real results. See, Bondi is the type of bird that once...