Basic training techniques

DVD II DVD II, III, and IV are easy to follow guides for teaching your bird the tricks seen in Video I, "Fantastic Performing Parrots." It works for all parrots: budgies to macaws. DVD II presents basic training techniques which are essential for any trick training. The tricks taught in the videos use positive reinforcement methods only. Anything involving punishment is counterproductive with birds, and is not used or recommended. Topics covered are: appropriate rewards to use, how to give commands and signals, what constitutues a tame bird, the training area, length of training sessions, and step-by-step demonstrations of how to teach your parrot those first important tricks: the turn-around, (always an excellent first trick), shake hands, the wave (which can be used as hello, goodbye or even a salute), the kiss, wishing well, forward rolls, the dismount, and backward flips, plus others. Time: 55 minutes