Training Tidbit – New Year, New You Welcome to 2018! Start the year off on the right foot by starting some fun training with your bird. Often people think either […]
Training Tidbit – Perch Step Ups
Training Tidbit – Perch Step Ups We are getting closer to the time of year where the days are getting longer, the weather is wetter, and maybe even getting […]
Training Tidbit – Generalizing
Quentin is a parrot who is comfortable doing a “Step Up” in many new situations. He accompanies me to the Parrot Club, where he will step up to myself and […]
Training Tidbit – Learning to Look
Training Tidbit – Learning to Look Look at these two photographs. This is Jenny, the Congo African Grey Parrot. She enjoys […]
Training Tidbit – SCARY OBJECTS!!
Training Tidbit: Scary Objects! Sometimes our birds are afraid of the funniest things. I recently worked with a bird who was acting strange. Would not come out of her cage! […]
Training Tidbit: Step up!
Training Tidbit – The Rules for Step Up I hope many of our birds are already comfortable with stepping onto peoples’ hands. We call this “step-up”. Sometimes there are situations […]
Training Tidbit: Success is easy!
Success is Easy! Or perhaps I should say, Success SHOULD BE Easy! Often when we start training our parrots, we have a great idea of the end goal. Put the […]
IAABC Conference 2017
I had the immense pleasure of attending the IAABC conference in Los Angeles this April 7 and 8 2017. That’s the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants. I’ve been a […]
CBS in the NEWS!
We were very fortunate to have Caroline Wagner from CBC “The Eyeopener” with us last class. She recorded radio, video and took pictures of our classes, and our birds. She […]
Robin makes Shauna’s Mash Recipe
Mash! Chop! Bread! We love to make food for our birds, in healthy and easy ways. There are many different recipes available on the internet, in books, in magazines. We […]