BlueHairBob's blog

 - so why don't professional animal trainers and behaviorists?  Well, because behaviorists work from a different set of definitions and may be a bit more precise in their "science".

Now, I won't anthropomorphize too much here and I won't try to tell you what Kilo is feeling or why he does this - but this is his behavior.  He appears to be making a joke!

I guess I normally think of 'opening the door' as the reinforcer.  But in actuallity, I think opening the door is the behavior and 'ringing the bell' truly is the cue.  Of course, we think that animals think this way all the time - but maybe they see a difference too.  I think my parrot, Kilo, gets it.

When teaching a parrot to talk, you have to teach them to say what you want to hear them say.  Think about what you will hear.