Parrot Flight Skill Levels

Parrot Flight Skill Levels

Written by Chris Biro, Copyright 2008 A Freeflight list member wrote: “When our Rosina (grey) was teaching Arina (B&G) to fly, she had problems to turn the big bird in the right direction. So she was flying around her [head] in such manner that Arina had to...
Target Training

Target Training

Written By Chris Biro, Copyright 2008 See short video of target training. The term “targeting” most commonly refers to training an animal to touch an object or location. It may require the animal to travel to the object or location, and the trainer may...
Variable or Differential Reinforcement?

Variable or Differential Reinforcement?

Should A Variable Schedule of Reinforcement Be Used?Written by Chris Biro, Copyright 2008The Question: “As advised by a friend of mine who trains dolphins and killer whales, I’m now using variable reinforcement so she does not get a seed every single time...
A Little Motivation Is A Good Thing

A Little Motivation Is A Good Thing

Written By Chris Biro, Copyright 2008Chris Biro wrote: “Motivation is the kind of thing that a little is enough, and more is not always a good thing.”A List Member wrote: “Could you give a couple of actual examples? Here is what happened this morning...
To The Perch & Back Again

To The Perch & Back Again

Training the “Fly To Perch & Back” GameWritten By Chris Biro, Copyright 2008Flying back and forth between a perch and your arm can be a wonderful game both for training purposes and for entertainment purpose and is great practice to maintaining recall...