Parrot Tricks: Teaching Parrots with Positive Reinforcement


Parrot Tricks: Teaching Parrots with Positive Reinforcement by Howell Book House

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KEEP YOUR PARROT STIMULATED AND ACTIVE, AND HE WILL KEEP YOU ENTERTAINED!

By nature, parrots are inquisitive, intelligent, and social animals. You can capitalize on these characteristics and obedience train your bird, teaching him behaviors that will make your life and his more enjoyable--behaviors such as stepping on your hand or wrist on command, and going to a designated perch. Then you can progress to teach him all kinds of tricks. He'll love the attention, communication, and socialization. From the essential basics of obedience training to awesome tricks that will amuse and amaze your friends, Parrot Tricks covers:
* Techniques to use during the "get acquainted" period
* Setting up a training area and using food as a training tool
* Training basics such as targeting, luring, and using cues
* Necessary obedience skills such as step up, come, perch, and stay
* The basic retrieve command, the foundation of many tricks
* Simple tricks such as shake hands, high five, kiss, and take a bow
* Tricks based on the retrieve command, including basketball, ring on the peg, and stacking cups
* Advanced tricks such as pulling a wagon, pushing a grocery cart, raising a flag, and riding a skateboard
* Innovative tricks that showcase your bird's natural abilities
* Chaining tricks, such as recycling and going to the mailbox
* Verbalizations and talking using the Rival/Model Method or the Positive Reward Method
* Directions for making simple props


With this book, patience, and practice, you'll build your understanding of and relationship with your bird as you build a repertoire of tricks. You can get your parrot to jump through hoops for you--literally! Read more...

Birds Anonymous / Tweety and the Beanstalk


Birds Anonymous / Tweety and the Beanstalk by

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Angry Birds Seasons Free by Rovio Mobile

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The Famous Drinking Bird


The Famous Drinking Bird by American Science & Surplus

          Features:
  • Fluid inside condenses from the evaporative cooling of the water off the bird's beak, making it top heavy and dunking it back into the water. The condensate rejoins the liquid pool in the bird's bulb, and he tips up again.
  • Drinking Bird. A rather dumb looking 6" bird with a felt covered head and has plastic feet. Worse, he cannot get his fill of water. You buy the drinks.
  • WARNING! The fluid and dye inside the bird can permanently stain, and the bird's glass body can easily be broken. Children are fascinated by the bobbing bird, and the educational possibilities are great. But they should watch it, not fondle it!!

Drinking Bird. A rather dumb looking 6" bird with a felt covered head and has plastic feet. Worse, he cannot get his fill of water. You buy the drinks. Fluid inside condenses from the evaporative cooling of the water off the bird's beak, making it top heavy and dunking it back into the water. The condensation rejoins the liquid pool in the bird's bulb, and he tips up again. Process continues indefinitely. WARNING! The fluid and dye inside the bird can permanently stain, and the bird's glass body can easily be broken. Children are fascinated by the bobbing bird, and the educational possibilities are great. But they should watch it, not fondle it!! Read more...

Pet Bird Training Tips For Owners
Pet Bird Training Tips For Owners

Once you start a training program with your bird, you might also find yourself noticing the nuances of your bird's body language and understanding more of your bird's moods. Training with your pet bird should be fun. Here are some training tips to keep


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Leader Conference, Radio 4, Wednesday The Bird Fancyer's Delight, Radio 4 ...

09.07.11

Newspaper editorial conferences are supposed to be vibrant, humming and buzzing with ideas – and though I've not attended one at Independent Towers for a while, I'm sure that's exactly what they're like.

My memory's clearly playing tricks on me when I recall editors' offices littered with people doodling furiously as they try to stay awake. I remember one desk editor, who, to be fair, had recently become a father, and so may have had a few sleepless nights, dozing in an upright position against the wall. In my days as a sports news editor, I confess I once accidentally read out the previous day's list of stories; no one noticed.

Source: The Independent

Should We Share Table Food With Our Birds? - Birdtricks.com

by Patty

Generally is used in reference to our preparation of these foods, at which time they begin to get unhealthy.We add salt, sugar, butter, sour cream, and dressings to make the foods more palatable and enjoyable for us. These additions are not good for birds for all the same reasons they are not good for us.

We have about 10.000 taste buds in our mouths – a bird has less than 100. My discovery over the years is that a bird will eat squash that has not been doctored up to make it taste better, so why add anything?  It just raises calories that a caged bird will have trouble expending. The best food for a parrot is in its most natural form.

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