On 08-0495, JOANIE DOSS wrote to TOM WEISS:
 JD> Ahhhh.  That is a problem.  Perhaps she will do it for praise and a
 JD> head scratch.  If so, lucky you.  Think of all the money you will
 JD> save on sunflower seeds!
Seeds are cheep  ... tho I hope she will learn to like my attentions more 
in the future to make that leap from her perch to my hand ... even with wings 
clipped.  When I let her wings grow out this past winter, she was coming to 
us, oh, half the time ... mostly on threat of "gotta go [outta the room]".
 JD> The hardest part of training a bird to do what you want is to
 JD> motivate them.
Amen.  I propose those who sucessfully train their birds know their birds 
mental needs well.   IMO, there is not enough discussion of our birds mental 
needs ... sigh ...
 JD>  It is never too late to start training.  I started training my BFA
 JD> Pepper when he was around 7 years old.  He now does about 50 tricks.
What's "BFA"?
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