Harness Training - A Birds Perspective
First Published by Majick Feathers on Facebook 13 October 2020
My human is excited and what's in their hand, a new toy maybe?
My human is picking me up, okay this is different they normally put new toys in my house.
Why is my human holding me firm? I don't like this. This is not normal.
This is not a toy it a bit of rope.
They are trying to put it over my head. I don't like things coming from above, that is where predators come from and I was born to be scared of that.
Can I get away? Let me try to fly. This rope gets caught on something and I get pulled and fall. Get me out of this NOW.
If the human comes near me again with this thing I am gonna bite them
The birds prospective articles are written in a way to elicit empathy for our feathered friends and encourage training methods that promote positive experiences for both the parrot and human. Training your parrot in a positive way can help to elevate problem parrot behaviors, increase enjoyment for both you and your parrot and reduce the expense of hiring a professional parrot trainer.
There is no way to understand what a bird is thinking or feeling but as humans we can use kinder methods to achieve extraordinary parrot training results,
It has been Majick Feathers experience that parrot training becomes even easier using kinder more animal centric training methods and once the fundamentals of clicker training and target training are established many new behaviors can be trained even quicker.
Current training practices should be based on scientific methods. Most commonly current animal training is based around Applied Behavior Analysis and fantastic work is being done by many leading experts to give animals positive experiences, choice and even a voice in their own lives.
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