- Have You Ever Been Right, 47 Times?
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... got it!" And she did. We'd finished the training, as far as I was concerned. When she left the stage, the dog was ...
Story - Karen Pryor - 2007/09/10 - 4:14pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments
- Alex the African Grey Parrot Dies of Natural Causes, Aged 31
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... choose a "typical" African Gray for her. Training Alex using what is now known as the "model-rival" technique, ... was an inspiration I have written about how quickly my birds appear to learn (to at least mimic) new words and phrases. It may be due ...
Company blog - Aidan Bindoff - 2007/09/18 - 6:53am - 1 comment - 0 attachments
- Come Back, But Don't Come Down: Advanced Exercise in Cueing
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... at me with "Gotcha!" in his eyes. falconary training Wonderful! I know nothing about falcons, but I now know a new term and a new way to teach a behaviour. (Cues and Cueing, Training Theory, Birds) ...
Story - Karen Pryor - 2006/10/24 - 11:22am - 1 comment - 0 attachments
- JavaDawgs: Clickers and Coffee
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Clearly, JavaDawgs is more than your average dog training group. "This is not a top down training group," explains group founder Lisa Clifton-Bumpass from her home in ...
Story - Miranda Hersey Helin - 2006/10/31 - 5:36pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Parrot Training Myth #3: Height Dominance
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... up and less likely to bite. Melinda Johnson in Clicker Training for Birds agrees. The difference in why the bahavior comes about - ...
Blog entry - BlueHairBob - 2006/12/27 - 12:56am - 0 comments
- Troubled Teens and Shelter Dogs Find Their Way Together
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During the summer of 2004, 16-year-old Lia of Camas, WA, was in trouble. She was on probation, had a social worker watching over her, and had to serve community service hours for an assault conviction. With no goals for her future, Lia figured she would ...
Story - KPCT - 2007/09/14 - 2:26pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments
- Parrot Training Myth #2: Clicker training is based on food deprivation
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... never deprive my pets of food! That is what clicker training is all about!" Wrong! Managing food consumption is healthy ... be criticized for using an entirely humane and positive training method that works entirely with the bird, never forces anything, and ...
Blog entry - BlueHairBob - 2006/12/20 - 4:19pm - 0 comments
- Book Review #8: The Parrot Problem Solver by Barbara Heidenreich
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... Regardless of what these methods do to the birds, I don't want to use tactics that cause my parrots fear - which these ... applying the methods. This is an essential parrot training book (I think my list of 3 essential books is full now). If you ...
Blog entry - BlueHairBob - 2007/02/10 - 4:39am - 0 comments
- Clicker training dilemma
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... cats or moving to a new home, I guess I won't be clicker training. I've been attempting to click them at every meal time, to reinforce ... raw in, so perhaps I can utilize the space on top for training one at a time. I'm not sure if that will work or not. I may simply ...
Blog entry - CatsAreBetter - 2007/08/16 - 11:06am - 1 comment
- Kiss Control (and Trial) Goodbye
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... on even an agitating helper if she'd seen a cat; my training director said that he'd never seen it so bad). The other night ... Saturday I was working Laev in obedience on our training field, and I could tell she was distracted. She was looking at me, ...
Blog entry - Laura VanArendo... - 2007/10/24 - 11:51am - 0 comments
