Parrot Trick Training - Pick It Up and Give It To Me - GETTING STARTED

[Gabby27653]

now my birds can bond more with me. watching your videos helps me to play with my birds more. I think my parrot is bored. now we'll have fun together

[mari8244]

OMG  Grasshopper is the cutest and most super hyperactive distracted smart bird ever. I can't stop laughing it is just to cute.

[quinnbeeloved]

what do you use as treats?? my nanday doesnt seem to want any treat!!

[flychomperfly]

@quinnbeeloved hi - treats don't have to be food...they can be anything that motivates your friend. i use safflower seeds most of the time--they are the little white seeds. you can also use sunflower seeds, bits of almond, some people will reward with a tiny taste of peanut butter... even just a nice head scritch. it depends on the bird, of course. if those don't work, whenever you give your bird food, if you serve a variety, watch for what (s)he eats first. that would be a start.

[NumaNumaRiiko]

Lol at Bobo. :3 

[schatzi011]

Nice video. That is neat how they learned from each other.

[gizmotis]

well i think there is a big difference between using your voice for reinforcement and talking too much. i think you do the latter. i taught a parrot to do a flighted retrieve in one session, so what? that wasn't the point i was making, which was that you make the session more difficult than they need to be. i never said that you shouldn't be giving advice, i was just pointing out mistakes in your training style that you could address to be a better trainer, if thats what you want to be.

[flychomperfly]

that is your opinion. i don't see them as mistakes -- i purposely talk to them. that is the whole point of my training -- communication with parrots.

again...they are my pets, and i am not training to be a trainer. that is not my goal.

my goal is to show that we can communicate with our parrots because they are intelligent. i have accomplished my goal.

[gizmotis]

let the subject respond in some way before you cue again. doing otherwise tends to muddy the cue for the subject and leads to latency. hope this helps you in your quest to be a better trainer.

[flychomperfly]

sorry, i'm not on a quest -- my techniques already work. as you noticed, they're different from the norm. as always, someone like me with different ideas is open for attack.

i am showing how the average person can interact with their PETS and train them using the intelligence of the bird. i have now trained multiple tasks using my personal techniques and i have demonstrated they work.

you don't need to use them or like them-- but i have shown how easy it is. birds are intelligent.

[gizmotis]

i don't think that i said that what you are doing doesn't work, but rather that you can improve on the skills that you have at present. i too am an average person, trained multiple tasks and use the same basic structure that you do. neither of us have reinvented the wheel. your ideas aren't different from other trainers, just your techniques are very rough and in need of polishing. you seem to hold yourself in high regard, but as you have pointed out to others, we can all use improvement.

[flychomperfly]

why should i 'improve' on something that works? you just want me to do it your way.

as we both said, you aren't a professional trainer. and even if you were...i am clearly doing fine with my own methods. and yes, mine are different -- otherwise, you wouldn't feel so compelled to comment.

if you don't like it, no one is telling you to do it -- esp me. i am just showing the intelligence of parrots.

if you keep ignoring the purpose and continue to be rude, i won't allow this to continue.

[gizmotis]

wow. it seems to me as one who has trained several parrots for this exact behavior that you do several things either incorrectly or in a way thats much more diffficult than necessary. my first big question is why do you talk so much during the training. its been said by many trainers including bob bailey, that most trainers, especially amatuers, talk way too much, and i think you fall into that catagory. too much talk from you makes it become wallpaper. plus you should only cue once and

[flychomperfly]

i know you-

as stated, i am NOT a professional, i don't follow the 'rules' of professional trainers. i taught 3 parrots to do flighted retrieve in 4 sessions -- how was that difficult? most 'professionals' advise weeks to train this to 1 bird. anyone who wants to learn should go to a professional. as you are not a professional, you should not be giving advice either.

again... unlike others, i use voice -- and i \reinforce constantly with the voice. these are my pets and i TALK to them.

[CRESTEDGECKO101]

thx alot,but when you have the time can you do a recall video on how you teach your grey to fly back to you because i really want mine to learn to come back to me just in case some ex stream circumstance that she gets somewhere i cant get her i wanna know how you teach yours to come back and trust you

thx

[CRESTEDGECKO101]

this is amazing i wish my africain grey could do that im going to try this thank u for your videos there very helpful and what treat did u reward them with ? was it pellets ? thx

[flychomperfly]

our guys like safflower seeds for treats, but every bird has different tastes, so you reward with whatever they like best. if it's pellets, then use pellets. sometimes we don't even reward with food -- sometimes they want a toy or praise -- whatever motivates them.

your job is to learn what motivates your parrot. make your grey happy -- have fun!