Two *NEW* SUPER Bonuses For My ‘Stop Screaming’ Course

May 14th, 2008

I’ve been racking my brain trying to addwhatever I can to make the ‘Stop Screaming’ course that I’m releasing on Monday as VALUABLE to you as possible.

And I think you’ll like what I came up with.

In addition to the free ‘Talking Course’ and free ‘Stop Screaming’ bottle of herbal supplements that I’m giving to the first handful of people who pick up a copy of this course when it’s released (already an extra $140 in value — yours free)…

… I’ve also decided to give away a special bonus recording I just finished recording that reveals… “how one of my colleagues got all 4 of her parrots to stop screaming at sunrise AND sunset”

Think of how much more peaceful your home would be if your birds could break this habit!

To be honest, I didn’t even know this was possible before I met this lady. But the techniques she explains for how she got her birds to stop this type of screaming are something you just have to hear!

But I’m NOT going to give this bonus away to EVERYBODY.

Only the first 250 people who order my new course will get this recording as a FREE bonus.

But that’s not all… I have a fourth bonus that I’ve also decided to give you if you’re one of the first 150 people who takes action on Monday.

It’s a FREE ticket to the first ever Birdtricks.com “Live Seminar” ($495.00 Value)

We’re still ironing out the details of when and where this even will be, but one thing is for certain… you won’t want to miss it, as we’ll be revealing several new training philosophies and strategies that really take bird ownership to another level.

But REMEMBER, these are FAST MOVERS bonuses, so if you want a free ticket to our live event, you have to be one of the first 150 people to order on Monday.

If you’re the 151st, you won’t get the ticket. And the same goes for the other bonuses too, they truly are limited.

If you don’t want to miss out on them I suggest you’re ready and waiting at my site 8am eastern time, Monday, May 19th when the product goes live.

I’ll be releasing a video in the next few days that will give you a few more details on what’s all in this course, so stay tuned to this blog for that update.

Cheers!

Chet

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Stop My Screaming Parrot “Announcement List”

April 28th, 2008

After you watch the short video above…

Fill out the simple form below, and I’ll add you to the pre-announcement list for the release of this new ‘Stop Screaming’ course.

You’ll not only be one of the first to know of it’s release, plus qualify for the chance to receive several additional bonuses when I launch the course to the public in about two weeks.

To Sign Up Simply Fill Out This Form:


First Name *
Last Name *
Email *

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Parrot Screaming Training DVD Release

April 19th, 2008

I’m putting the final touches on our brand new multi media ‘Stop Screaming’ course that I’m going to release in a few weeks… and I need your help!

I’ve tried REALLY hard to make sure this course addresses every possible type of screaming problem your bird might have, and I know for a fact that this course reveals stop screaming techniques NO ONE has heard of before that are going to REALLY blow you away.

I’ve filled it full of dozens and dozens of new tactics that get FAST results when trying to stop your parrot’s screaming.

But to make sure I cover every possible type of solution to screaming, I could really use your help.

If you are looking for answers to how to stop your bird’s screaming, and you’d like to make sure I address your specific issue in this new course, please leave me a comment on this blog post describing your bird’s specific type of screaming behavior.

I’m personally going to read through all the comments and make sure my new course specifically answers EVERY single type of screaming issue that your bird has.

And if the DVD’s I’ve already created don’t already address your bird’s type of screaming, I’ll make as many new modules to the course as necessary to address the other types of screaming I haven’t included how to fix in this course (allthough I’m pretty sure I got most answers covered — this course is VERY comprehensive)

But in order for me to give you the best answer, I need you to describe your bird’s screaming issue to me clearly and specifically. This doesn’t mean you need to write me a 82 page response though… instead please describe the exact type of situation where your bird screams that you haven’t been able to successfully fix… in one clearly written paragraph.

I’ll read through the responses and create a detailed section of my new course that answers them.

That way I create the most helpful product for you possible!

So how does that sound? Can you help me out and describe your bird’s screaming problem for me?

If so I’d really appreciate it!

Looking forward to reading your responses and helping you fix your bird’s screaming once and for all!

I’ll be in touch soon,

Chet

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I’m BAAACK… and I paid for it

April 18th, 2008

It’s amazing how much momentum you loose when you take a week of of training an African Grey rescue like Bean.

Unfortunately I didn’t have a choice, as my travels took me to sunny southern California for business… oh well. So after spending a week and a half building up my Grey’s confidence to be strong enough to target over my hand, and up the side of his cage… I spent the last few days since i got back from California just getting him back to where he was when I left.

I have been trying very hard to get bean to target onto my hand… but his phobias are keeping him from being willing to do so… even after 3 days.

African Grey Targeting Over Hand

I’ve got him to put weight on my hand with one foot, and that was a fun experience. It involved really trying to make the training fun for him. He goes into an ‘OVER EXITED’ mode where his phobias seem to vanish after several minutes of training. He looses focus during this time, but he soaks up the attention as well. Figuring out how to make these happen more often might be key for him.

I’m also noticing that I have to watch my temperament and not push for too much progress in each training session — an African Grey can burn out on training if it’s too much work, and not enough play.

Which brings me to another problem I’m running into…

I can get Bean, with a 95% success rate to reach far across my hand to target an object. (this is HUGE since he’s afraid of the hand) But it’s causing problems as he’d really rather reach than step up onto the hand. So I’m thinking about retraining a targeting behavior, but this time train it to Bean’s foot, so he’s trained to target objects by touching them with his foot. This will require a separate object for him to target so as not to confuse him, but might be much more helpful in getting him to overcome his fear of the hand.

I plan on starting some training today where I get him to touch objects with his foot… but it might take a few days, or up to a week to train, depending on how scared of the object he is… and will probably have to resort to finding the least possible scary object to target — maybe even stickers placed on his perches, as wooden dowels seem to scare him right now, and he’s not willing to step up onto them.

Training this type of behavior is sort of an incompatible replacement behavior as it makes it impossible for him to resort to reaching for an object, because we take his beak OUT of the situation.

If that doesn’t work than I’m going to have to resort to possibly teaching some natural behaviors on cue, like wing flapping, or head bobbing etc. This often gets birds to start to enjoy training a LOT more, and can lead to easier progress when behavior training is resumed.

That’s the update for now.

Cheers!

Chet Womach

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Taking A Week Off Bean’s Training

April 12th, 2008

For all you fans out there that have been watching my updates of training with my African Grey, Bean… I won’t have any updates for you until next Tuesday, as I had to take a 3 day business trip to California for a seminar.

I’ll keep you posted with how’s he’s doing when I get back into town. I miss the little guy and can’t wait to get back to training him some more and seeing more progress.

He’s doing awesome at overcoming his fear of my hands with the use of targeting… and I promise I’ll have video to show you soon.

Cheers!

Chet

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Day 6 Of Training My Male Congo African Grey Parrot “Bean”

April 8th, 2008

As promised, here’s a quick update on how my CAG’s training went today.

African greys sure do develop phobias for things more than other birds I work with, but even so, today I was able to get Bean to consistently take two steps off of his perch, and up the side of his cage to touch a target stick.

He’s still nervous if I try to feed him his treat while he’s on the side of the cage, so I have to let him back down to reward him, which makes the rate of reinforcement hard to work to my advantage, as every rep takes longer than I would like it to, when he has to climb all the way down to get his treat… it’s a big delay, and it’s hurting the speed of his progress.

But none the less… it was a BIG improvement over his earlier training session today where he didn’t want to put both feet on the cage at the same time and climb towards that scary evil person holding the club (aka ME).

I noticed that I’m running into an issue of him not wanting to climb to target because of a fear of things in his cage… mostly a large swing that’s getting in the way of his targeting. I’ll probably take that out of his cage tomorrow.

He trained for a good half hour without showing any signs of fatigue which I thought was pretty good for his first week of training.

And it was going so well that I was even able to add a second target training drill at the end of the session where I got bean to touch a target stick as it was positioned over my hand… trying to desensitize him to the fear of my hands and finally get him to step up.

I have my fingers crossed that by tomorrow, he’ll willing put his foot on my hand. I doubt I’ll be able to pick him up, or have him be comfortable with being picked up, but I think he’ll at least get to the point where one of his toes will unknowingly be set on top of my hand.

I’ll keep you posted!

Chet

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