Tom Weiss said "Pooping on command" to Craig Johnson, and added: 
 TW> On 07-3095, CRAIG JOHNSON wrote to ROBERT DAVIS:
 
 CJ> If you don't mind my asking... but what words do you use to elicit
 CJ> this talent of his... "go potty?"  :)
 TW> Hi Craig,
 TW> Excuse the butting in, but my DHF AG is trained to go potty on command
 TW> to the point of forcing one out, but IF I forget to say "go potty" she
 TW> will likely poop on me - that's the next step we haven't taken. 
 TW> Her training proceedure came from an aritcle in Bird Talk published a
 TW> number of years ago. YOU first need to be trained to know when she
 TW> shows signs of going - the squat, tail raise, etc.  The basic idea is
 TW> to catch her when she is about to go, like when you first pick her off
 TW> of the perch. Say the command phrase.  If you are good, she will go
 TW> when you expect her too. If you conincide, praise the living daylights
 TW> out of her, rewarding (oral for us) each time.  Repeat, repeat.  I
 TW> found AM to be the best time. 
    Our Noble Macaw does this, too, saying her command phrase, "do
it" as she does. I have recently been made aware of a downside to
voice training, however, by Athan's "Guide to a Well-Behaved
Parrot," a book we have found very helpful on bird behavior. She
says:
        In the past, potty training birds was in widespread disfavor
    among serious aviculturists, for although it is easiest to train
    a parrot to defecate on verbal command, this method is
    dangerous. Some birds are so eager to please that they will
    incur life-threatening kidney damage waiting for that verbal
    command. This becomes an issue if the owner is ill or injured or
    must go out of town. A forgotten instruction to command the bird
    to defecate has proved fatal on numerous occasions.
    She recommends paper training, being VERY careful NOT to use the
same phrase each time. Like yours, ours go on command and freelance
the rest of the time. I think we shall probably leave it at that.
... Through a Jaundiced Eye Darkly--Rheum With a View
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