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Post by Berserka on May 20, 2008 11:56:33 GMT
Hi Kate,
Just thought picking your brain here would be good so it doesn't get lost in your welcome post.
Are there any parrots you'd recommend not trying to Free Flight train? or other training?
Is there an age where you'd say not to bother trying?
Reason is I've got an almost 3yo budgie who is pretty obedient except when it comes time to putting her back in the cage, then it's a chase game.
I used the clicker near her once and she nearly pooped herself!
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Post by bullibirdshow on May 23, 2008 5:05:08 GMT
Hello Karen,
I am concerned for the smaller parrots such a budgies... They could be eaten by bigger birds.
So I wouldn't free flight them.
Now the kookaburras have moved in I don't free fly my cockatiel outside anymore.
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Post by bullibirdshow on May 23, 2008 5:06:17 GMT
But you could train your budgie to do recall and then find a couple of big warehouses to take him flying within.
That could be a great enricher for him/her.
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Post by bullibirdshow on May 23, 2008 5:14:10 GMT
Karen it sounds like you have a great trust relationship with your budgie. avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/about/If it is incorrect to post this link here then I will remove it - could someone please private message me please. This blog has some interesting ideas and some great links to training related articles. As for the clicker - introduce it slowly. Very slowly. Carry it around in your hands, play with it, don't let anyone else touch it - build up excitement and mystique over this wonderful clicker item (with no clicks until curiosity is VERY High). I am always learning new things every day Karen. It is an amazing journey. My parrots believe in Operant Conditioning and Applied Behaviour Analysis. I get lots of feed back and praise. My good behaviours are reinforced often! lol Cheers, Bulli |
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Post by Berserka on May 23, 2008 5:33:22 GMT
I do have a good relationship with my budgie. She let me play with her first clutch of babies in her nest.
I think she's hidden my clicker though, I had 2 & gave one to a friend but my 2nd has gone walkies . . .
The link is fine, we welcome links to other forums & sites, it's always nice to read how people do their training etc.
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Post by bullibirdshow on May 24, 2008 0:27:07 GMT
Wow Karen she let you play with her chicks? So you have a very high level of trust in your relationship with your bird. My personal opinion is that this is the best place to begin from. Here is another interesting blog. goodbirdinc.blogspot.com/I did some recall training with my eclectus this morning. This wonderful parrot is over 20 years old. He now comes to me (a fair bit of the time) when I call him. Gentleness and kindness and fun being the main ingredients of our interactions. I am not show training him or training him to be an impressive bird with lots of tricks. (of course he is SO impressive to me because I love him and he is just fabulous  ) I am training him because really every interaction we have with our bird trains them in some way so why not make it fun for the both of us. I think if you really engage with the process of training - of having interaction with your bird and enjoying each others company wonderful things can happen. I look at training for companion birds as a ticket to their freedom = out of the cage ( a trained bird won't be just stuck in a cage) but also a real enrichment of their bond and interaction with the people that they live with. I think the interaction and interest of learning things together is an amazing thing. Don't worry how long it takes you to teach something to your bird - just gently persist with yourself and your parrot. This creates wonderful moments in our lives where we are not thinking of the future or the past but we are with our birds, right now, paying attention to them and enjoying the moment. Always end on a high note when you have just both enjoyed each other's company. When you have giggled together. When your parrot has enjoyed him or herself! Two books to start off with are Karen Pryors "Don't Shoot the Dog!" and Melinda Johnson's "Getting Started Clicker Training for Birds." I like both these books because they are well written and easy to read. They suit my style of learning and taking things in. Cheers, Kate |
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Post by jarodvaldez on Jul 31, 2012 2:36:35 GMT
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