Bird Training Blog

Most Positive Least Intrusive Trainers

SidPrice — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:26:22 +0000

Using only positive reinforcement seems like the right thing to do, however telling anyone that is what they should do is possibly setting them up for failure by taking tools off the table that in...

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More Training Secrets

SidPrice — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:36:43 +0000

It seems that my (enable sarcasm) favorite internet bird trainers (sarcasm off … for now) have discovered two new and powerful techniques that we professionals have been hiding because we purposely...

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The Misuse of Weight Management

SidPrice — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:12:16 +0000

I have written about Food and Weight Management before; they are valuable techniques when used correctly, carefully, and appropriately. In general, Weight Management is not something that a...

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I need help with my phobic parrot!

SidPrice — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:08:03 +0000

You read it all the time in internet chat groups and even magazine articles, “I need urgent help with my phobic (insert parrots species).” It seems to me that the majority of people...

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6th Annual Raptor Handling Class

SidPrice — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:11:51 +0000

Avian Ambassadors’ 6th Annual Raptor Handling Class Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th July, 2009 From 9.30a to 4.00p at The Marriott Hotel, Albuquerque, NM Meet the stars of the Flights of...

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I scared my bird!

SidPrice — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:20:22 +0000

Training is an ongoing thing. No matter how well we believe our birds are trained, no matter how hard we have worked to generalize behavior, one day in our confidence we make a mistake. That...

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Train your Parrot to Scream

SidPrice — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:16:55 +0000

While the title of this article is a little “tongue-in-check” I do want to discuss how people train their birds to scream and also how at least one internet marketer suggests you do that … although...

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Reinforcing and Punishing Consequences

SidPrice — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:22:06 +0000

In an earlier article I wrote about the basics of Applied Behavior Analysis so I don’t propose to cover them again here. What I would like to talk about is how one identifies a consequence as either...

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A blog follow-up

SidPrice — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:02:30 +0000

In my last article I wrote about the marketing practices used by Bird Tricks when selling their products. That article, not surprisingly, has been the most widely read article for some time with...

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Bird Tricks to Avoid

SidPrice — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:59:42 +0000

In doing research online about bird training the visibility of several web sites seems to have rocketed over the last few weeks. Because I like to stay aware of who is doing, saying, and selling what...

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