patdbunny
Hyacinth Macaw
Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 53
Location : San Diego County, California
Posts : 2083
 |  Subject: Training Tip of the Week: Be aware of your actions.  Thu May 19, 2011 1:45 am | |
| So, I get e-mail updates on horses as I have a few of them too. Today I got the following: http://downunderhorsemanship.com/blog/INDEX.CFM?id=168"Training Tip of the Week: Be aware of your actions." This is applicable to parrots, too. Pause a second before you respond to your bird and think about what you're responding to so you don't inadvertently reinforce behaviors you don't want. When a bird's quiet or entertaining itself in its cage, people usually leave them alone since they're quiet. That actually the time you should go talk to the bird, give it a treat, join in its play - reinforce the good behavior. "Catch them being good" works for parrots, too! http://www.teachervision.fen.com/teaching-methods/classroom-management/9154.html | |
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