JD>Boy could my Pepper swear.  He used to sing and dance in the bars on Two
JD>Street in Fairbanks, Alaska.  They were so bad that the city bulldozed 
sever
JD>blocks to get rid of them.  I never showed any reaction when he said a 
swear
JD>word....no excitement, no praise, just as if I didn't hear it.  At first 
e
JD>would say it louder and repeat it, but after several months they became 
less
JD>He doesn't swear at all now...I do not allow anyone to swear around the 
bird
JD> I know he still knows the words and some day he may embarrass me, but so 
fa
JD>so good. Joanie Doss The Amazing Amazons
Meggie knows it is not a good word to say. My daughter came over the
other night and let the word slip and just as innocent as can be Meggie
looked at her and said "bad word". She now has a new word of the week
that just came out clear enough to understand. She says wanna go bye
bye, gotta go to work. I tell her that everyday when I leave for work.
Today when I was in a hurry to leave she kept repeating it and then
again when I came home.
I try and watch what I say around her. Why is it that you can spend days
trying to teach them "I love you" and they won't say a thing you teach
them but what they like the sound of they pick up right away.
She is right now asking me "whatchadoin" Of course she would rather be
on the receiving end of the attention rather then the keyboard getting
it.
I am very impressed with hearing what your amazons do. You must spend
long hours teaching them. Do you pick the birds that you work with for
any thing special such as attention, listening when you talk etc.
Keep the post coming.
Diane
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