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 |  Subject: How do you teach Step Up?  Sun May 22, 2011 7:40 pm | |
| What the title says! Sparrow(GCC) came home today. He is 7 wks old. Not trained to step up.
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kaeladedah
Hyacinth Macaw
Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 35
Location : North Carolina, USA
My Birds : Cheney Bird, Green Cheek Conure
Pigpen, Lutino Budgie
Nava, Lutino Lovebird
Oliver, Indian Ring Neck
Posts : 1449
| | Subject: Re: How do you teach Step Up? Sun May 22, 2011 7:44 pm | |
| Some people use the target method. I personally used millet and pressed gently on their belly while saying "up". Once they were on my finger, they got the millet. We repeated dozens of times until they got it without the millet. | |
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GlassOnion
Hyacinth Macaw
Join date : 2011-05-19
Age : 32
Location : Vancouver
My Birds : Cockatiel, Budgerigar
Posts : 1209
| | Subject: Re: How do you teach Step Up? Sun May 22, 2011 8:03 pm | |
| I make an abrupt happy squeal, "STEP UP!!!?!" and then when they fall for the shock method, I praise with millet. | |
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Margaret
Hyacinth Macaw
Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 51
Location : Chicago
My Birds : • Budgies: Mango, Blueberry, Plum, Sunny
• Cockatiels: Chico, Mickey
• Linnies: Venus and Mars
• Amazon, who was with us: Lucky
Posts : 1418
| | Subject: Re: How do you teach Step Up? Sun May 22, 2011 8:48 pm | |
| - Julsiebean wrote:
- What the title says! Sparrow(GCC) came home today.
Congrats! Chico was trained to do that already, but with all the budgies I did the same method with millet as girls using words: "Step up". Good luck! | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: How do you teach Step Up? Sun May 22, 2011 10:49 pm | |
| Thanks guys! We will keep working on it! |
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