Does Your Parrot Come When You Call?

I am in the process of going through the total transformation course and the touch training videos. This, as just an FYI.

But I have to ask you if you are aware of Ringling Bros. back track record with its treatment of elephants, and though you and the people you hire to accompany and work with you and the birds specfically will be the only ones interacting with the birds, have you thought about the implications of working with said circus? I have to admit that as interested as I am in what you both have to say and present, I am a bit disappointed to learn you will be affiliated with Ringling Bros. I know it’s just my opinion, but there it is.

Hi
very interesting and I must start usuing his name combined with a command.
Regards Ian

Dear Chet,
Your short video was great to watch as i am in the process of really training my 3 year old dusky conure to come when she is called. I have now realised how important it is to keep training sessions short and entertaining for her as she gets bored very quickly.Finding the correct words she responds to has been vital to keep her interest in flying back to me when called.The volume, tone, pitch and tempo of my voice needs to create added interest to keep up her curiosity in training sessions.
So far so good…….
Thank you once again.
Sarah

Hi Chet,
less than 12 days later and Oscar is coming when I call him, trained once a day before or after an evening meal, but he’s stopped learning new words at the moment.
Regards Ian

I am also very disappointed that you would affiliate yourselves with the circus. I do not agree with keeping wild animals in small cages in order to perform. I do not agree with their training practices and do not feel they have the animals best interest at heart. While I do believe that tricks and training provide enrichment in our companion parrots lives, I do not feel that demanding them to perform night after night does not.

Hi my name suesue I will be getting my nephew blue and gold mccall in a few weeks he being ship back ovre sea an ask me to care for his blue and gold mccall are there any books or web sites I can read up on this bird and what to expect

I appreciate the need to give captive birds a quality of life by enriching their lives with tricks and training, however, I share the concern and disappointment of the others regarding “joining the circus”, especially one that has an outstanding record of animal abuse.

While I an understand the joy of signing your contract (money in the bank) with The Greatest Show on Earth, I am saddened that your parrots are being subjected to nightly shows and the demanding pressure and stress of entertaining. Please google “circus animal cruelty” to find out more and to see video and photos.

CK,

We’ve written an article all about the circus and the process of the contract. You may feel better after reading this blog article here; http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/ringling-bros-barnum-and-bailey-circus/

I think our own experiences with the circus will speak for themselves. We also have so many birds that we’re using in the show, that we are easily able to rotate based on which bird wants to do which show. No bird will be “forced” to perform if they don’t want to, and what we’ve found with implementing birds into the show is they get really disappointed when you take them out! All their behaviors in the show are flight-based so it’s a great source of exercise for them and a way to show their natural beauty to the audience. Hope you find that other article helpful.

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First off, the audio on the video totally skips and is hard to understand. Secondly, I too am disappointed that you would affiliate yourself with Ringling Bros……..their track record with animals, especially elephants, is pretty sad and well documented. As an animal rights activist, I will, and always have, boycotted said circus and those of the same ilk. Third, and lastly, to answer the question “Does your parrot come when you call?”…….I have a Green Cheek that is so lovingly gluey that she needs no prompting of coming when I ask!

K Sugarman,

If you do your research on complaints about Ringling and their treatment of animals, they all come from the same place. We have written tons of articles on our experience so far with Ringling. And I think it should be recognized that Ringling is not in charge of caring for or training our animals – we are. All animals in the show are contracted independently and the people in charge of the animals are the trainers hired.

If you would like to read about how things work with animal care while working for Ringling, you can read up on some of the articles we’ve written about training our macaw Comet to be able to be in the same space as an Asian elephant named Suzie. Here is the link to a bunch of articles written by us; http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/?s=ringling&x=0&y=0

If you don’t read any of those one you should read is this; http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/ringling-bros-barnum-and-bailey-circus/

Jamie Womach

Hi Dave,

I just love the idea of your and Chet’s sharing your skills for training the exotic birds with so many other bird pet owners. You would not believe the difficulty I had trying to glean information about my first Cockatoo purchased back in the late 70′s. At work, I became known as the “bird lady” because of my coming to have so many large parrots and cockatoos.

I’m a BIG fan of “Bird Tricks”…. as well as an affiliate now… and I would LOVE to receive your newsletter. Keep up the great work!

As for those posting nasty comments here, perhaps they should read my post published today: http://trishparr.com/2010/01/the-law-of-the-garbage-truck/

Hi
very interesting and I must start usuing his name combined with a command.
Regards Ian

Hi
very interesting and I must start usuing his name combined with a command.
Regards Ian

This video does not play for me. Do I need to pay for it first?

Thanks for the wanderful DVD of the 3 macows. I really enjoy it, but the sound is very poor and choppy…! I don’t know if it is on your end or myne… I am letting you know in case you have other complaints…
Thanks again…!
Sincerely
Lilla
PS: The Circus…! That is a very demanding work for your aviary friends…!

You need to use another type of program to imprint the video online. It just keeps dragging and extremely difficult to understand. I had to keep playing the program back over what had been played for it to play correctly.

Thanks for all you do for us bird people and congrats on you contract with the greatest show on earth I think it is wonderful that you will be showing people all over the world that there is life for these birds besides setting in a cage.We must interact with them!!!!! And these people who are complain need to think about what people will be learning plus same people wanting all the free info you put out there what they exspect you to feed these birds and your families DIRT ya got to earn a living plus doing a public service. WAY TO GO

Would this trick be an easy task for someone who wants to train a young male cockatiel? He is a little under a year old and usually enjoys his training time.

I AM BALA, i SAW YOUR VIDEO CLIP, ITS VERY INTERESTING TO WATCH HOW PROFESSIONALY YOU TEACH YOUR BIRDS TO REACT TO YOUR COMMAND .
THANKS i AM ALSO KEEN TO DO THE SAME FOR MY PARROT WHICH I OWNED FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS.MY BIRD IS KNOWN AS (RAINBOW PARAKEET) SHE HAS BEAUTIFUL
COLOURS. I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS KIND OF BIRD,MAYBE YOU CAN ME TO KNOW ABOUT THEIR BEHAVIOUR AND ALL KINDS OF FOOD WHICH CAN BE GIVEN TO KEEP HER HEALTHY.AND ACTIVE.i WILL SEND YOU MORE FEEDBACK LATER. THANKS

If my Peach Faced Lovebird, Rosie, won’t come to me when I call her all I have to do is start to walk away! This bird is GLUED to me 99% of the time! This is not always a good thing. She seems to regard my body as her personal playground & her latest obsession is to climb down inside my shirt & chew holes in the fabric! If I prevent her from doing this she gets mad & starts screeching, nipping & doing anything she can think of to annoy me. I do provide her with newspaper to chew up but she seems to prefer my clothing, books, mail……..any suggestions?

Dont listen to all those negative and ignorant comments posted. Your birds will enjoy a very enriching life travelling around, a damn sight more than a lot of pet birds out there. Most of that rubbish comes from the fanatical group PETA, whom im sure would be opposed to any animals in captivity – including all birds. Good luck to you both.

Thanks for posting this video and sharing this story,

Now, here is a suggestion that was inspired by this video:
Why not use thin “earth magnets” for an extra layer of cheap, automatic safety?

Our cockatoo “Nathan” is kept in his large, steel bird-cage, but he loves escaping whenever we turn our back for just seconds (as we refill his food/water dishes, etc.).
So, I simply placed two of these tiny (but strong) magnets in the outer corners of the cage door
where it closes onto the gage). [about 1/2 across and as thin as a coin) This way, the magnets hold the door closed tight (no latch) too hard for our 18" tall bird (or our dog, cats, etc.) to push open (but easy enough for a human to pull open).
So, if we get called away in the middle of routine cleaning, feeding, etc., the bird/door remains secure (without latching) until we finish and re-latch.

[One of many sources: http://www.harborfreight.com ]

My bird comes to me, when she wants to

Congratulations on taking your birds to the public eye in the circus. What all these “haters” don’t realize is that if animals are not in people’s personas sphere of attention they aren’t considered important. In my years in pet sales the few turtles we sold went to save thousands in the wild because if little Timmy loved his pet he usually kept his brothers uncles ,etc. from using the wild ones on the river for target practice. If there were no circus or zoo elephants it is unlikely that enough people would care enough to try to stop the wild slaughter.
Getting beautiful well-trained birds into the life of people who might not consider them seriously will do tremendous good if the humainiacs will just chill long enough to see it.
I also think your video training courses are doing amazing things in helping people know how to really deal with birds on a bird level instead of using dog methods which do not work with non-pack animals.

The Audio getting spotty does not have anything to do with the quality of the video. If you will mouse over the progress bar while the video is playing and move it back, it will play clear. This has to do with the download speed of the network/computer you are viewing on.

Thanks for the great video and information.

Is that supposed to be facial hair? Its very distracting…………. oh ya, great trick

i like parrot on all indian & macaw etc. but m i not breeder this time me carring 2 paroot indian ring kneck. 1 male-1 female 6 month old chik. very nice & very healthy. the parrot name is jack & zippo nice pair

My bird is about 4-5 months old and he is a ringneck parrot. I would like to try and teach my bird new tricks but I don’t know if it is still early for him or not. It also loves biting especially the ears and it is very painful. I would like to stop him from doing that but I don’t know how. Please help.
By the way that video was cool. I would like to teach my bird to come on my when I call him.