Karen Pryor Clickertraining - Rescue

April 17 Progress Report

chriswilson — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:16:23 -0500

The past five days Mandy has made progress each day. She is calming down from her puppy rearing ordeal. Before pups came, Mandy was taking chicken bites from my hand and starting to target to get the chicken. I hoped to get back to this point and begin progressing from there.

Mandy's Rescue and Path to Trust

chriswilson — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:13:04 -0500

Rescued German Shepherd dog with history of physical abuse. She started out very nervous, pacing frantically in my presence, using avoidance. In the two weeks time, she graduated to taking food out of my hand while I scratched her chin with the other hand. She was starting to target. Then it all changed. Puppies came on March 3rd. Without going into full detail on what the next 5 weeks held for Mandy and my relationship, I'll tell you that is was one of the most difficult times I have been involved in...

Introducing Charlie to training

Jenny Ruth Yasi — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:48:17 -0500

my new friend from Puerto Rico likes to learn

Here we go again - my wonderful new throw-away orphan African Grey Parrot

BlueHairBob — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:56:40 -0500

"I think that bird is just misunderstood", I said. "Yeah, really misunderstood - like we don't understand why he attacks everyone who comes in the room!", she said. But that wasn't how he reacted to me.

Sanctuary Uses Clicker Training

Melody Coulter — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:30:47 -0500

New Sanctuary Training Dogs for Adoption

From Scary to Sweet

Melody Coulter — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:05:31 -0500

Conversations on a slow road with "re-homed" animals

BlueHairBob — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:08:32 -0600

You know the story: a couple of clicks to charge the clicker and then we get sit, lie down, and fetch before anybody gets bored. It looks like magic. With a poorly socialized animal it is a different story - it's a rewarding story, but slow. Once you get the trust, things pick up, but trust has to be built - a few treats don't make up for years of mistrust.

Kilo Lani - my second parrot

BlueHairBob — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:57:11 -0600

One day I put out my hand for him to step up - since he appeared to want me to - and he bit my finger! I looked at my hurting finger and immediately remembered the words of Bruce Lee, "It is like a finger pointing to the moon - don't look at the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory!"

How long does it take to get a parrot?

BlueHairBob — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:46:11 -0600

There are two ways to get a parrot fast: 1) buy one at a pet store with no planning on a whim, or 2) be known as someone who will take in an unwanted bird and give them a loving home. Of course, in order to do the second option, you have to have put in the long hard work to become that person.