Basic Training for Your Pet Bird or Parrot

Provide behavioral mark or "bridge" training

With any bird or parrot pet you need to establish a strong and positive relationship with your wonderful communication and training is the most important part of the process. We will show you how to create a relationship between food and audible mark which will be the first phase of training.

Some of the things you'll need for this course include:

You are

Your bird

Ideally click or whistle (tag or bridge behavior) although you can use your voice ("good boy / girl")

Food is your favorite bird as a treat

When you decide to start training, evaluate your current relationship with your aircraft. If you are a bird that is raised by hand, very friendly and understanding to you, it is clear that things will progress much faster than the parent who is raised, a bird that may be afraid of you.

First you need to know your favorite bird food as you keep it to one side as a treat. Put some items together and give them to your plane several times and know them constantly.

Once you've identified your favorite things, keep some of them back for sessions, just make sure they keep them small.

At the first training session, you want to keep it short and sweet. All that is required is to establish a relationship between the food and the mark.

For example, if we use the mare as a sign we will give the bird a cure and at the exact moment the bird takes it from your hand, you will click on the horse. Timing is the essence, if clicked before or after the behavior it will not have the same effect. If the parrot is nervous and will not take food from your hand, you can place it nearby, let the birds roam and do it, and then click again at the exact moment the meal is processed.

Depending on the species and the individual this may take one session or it may take twenty. All birds learn at different rates. The more accurate the timing of a click, the more often it means a much faster transition. When making gifts, keep following minor behavior changes. If the birds move away from you, the treatment should not be given until you move back. This applies to both a silly tame tame hand and a nervous parent bird breeding. If there is any aggression shown towards you then again you may want to pause for a moment as giving a treat will reward this behavior.

Always remember when you give a bird a treat that you reward the bird's behavior at the time. Always reward good behavior and try and be non-interactive for unwanted behavior.

The reason for building this link between the label and the treatment is that when you are training other behaviors with your bird, your tag will tell your aircraft exactly what you did correctly on time so behaviors are learned much faster. This is a very positive process and your bird will respond to you incredibly when you realize that rewards and mental stimulation are included. This should always be fun for you, so make sure the sessions are short and reward for each positive behavior.

Once your aircraft realizes that clicking, whistling or speaking means "cure," it is time to move on to some fun, basic training. It may take a number of sessions to understand your aircraft. The best way is to conduct a test, use your own marker and look for a physical response from your bird. Most birds tend to thrill somewhat because they quickly equate to noise with a treat.

Once that is learned, you will be training on some behaviors!
One of the first things I recommend training your aircraft to do is "elevated" training, either on your hand or on your perch.

Some things to remember before attempting to do so:

Always target short and frequent sessions (1 to 5 minutes)

Always use a lot of positive reinforcement; do not punish either physically or verbally. If you feel stress or frustration, it is best to end the training session.

Always try to end a training session positively, if your bird does not understand something that has returned to the concept behavior and reinforces it.

Make sure there is only one instructor who is training the behavior. Once your bird has practiced some practice and constantly displays the behavior, all family members try to do it under your supervision and instruction. Consistency is the key!

Once your aircraft has mastered the skill of escalation, practicing the step up in a fun and fun way is an excellent way to give a lot of positive attention to your bird.

How to study your plane to climb

Choose the verbal cue you will use. It does not matter what word or phrase you use, but it should be consistent.

Choose a comfortable time without any distractions - the fly that produces food or eating will not be very receptive to training.

Hold your finger or your hand or jowl in front of the bird, with the level of the belly of the bird directly above the feet. Make sure you are close enough so that it is an easy step for your birds.

You want to promote any movement towards the chick so if your plane moves towards you and the fish you can use your tag and reward the birds with a treat.

The goal is to encourage your birds to connect with the chick with their feet. If the chick is contacted, a bigger reward must be given. If your aircraft is flying forward, you should also mark and reward this bonus. When you are presenting desirable behavior, you should always make sure to use your mark at this exact time and work to reach a full step on the chick. When your plane jumps, either with one foot or both, give them a lot of reinforcement and praise.

When your bird improves, you can start reducing the number of times you eat the juice so that the bird will eventually only thrive.

When you want your bird to step down, the same training applies in the opposite direction. Birds naturally tend to want to go higher, so by lowering the perch below the destination, the bird will naturally want to go to the top position. Again reward any move towards the destination and give bigger rewards especially when your bird steps off the brush.

Feel free to leave any comments and good luck in your bird training!