Gabe's really starting to get the hang of flying when I want her to. :) I have to admit it's a combination of her knowing what I want, and me knowing when she's receptive to it though
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but now that I know "better" that it's "supposed" to happen with treats, and it's still working with Gabe, it seems amazing to me.
Neither food nor attention is a more valid reinforcer. It's all about what motivates the trainee. If Gabe prefers to work for attention instead of treats (unlike my flying garbage disposals), good on her.
It's exciting to hear about her flight progress! Very cool! Have the signs done the trick on helping T$ remember to shut the doors? I think I'm going to do a similar thing to help us remember to shut our toilet lid and bathroom door.
The signs definitely work with the outside doors. :) Guests don't seem to notice the signs in the bathroom to shut the toilet lid, I think b/c the font is smaller, so I'm going to redo that sign w/ bigger font.
Gabe's excellent about returning (flying) to the cage when in the same room, and she's much better about stepping up for T$ than when we first moved in together - though that one I think much of it is T$ realizing the proper way to offer his hand to her. :-P She's slower about figuring out flying from the cage to me or from other things to me, but it's definitely progress and makes me proud of her. :)
That stuff definitely takes time, especially if you don't have a pig-bird who will pretty much fly through a hoop of fire for a treat, like I do. :P (The disadvantage of that is that they do NOT want to leave me alone when I'm eating!)
I'm impressed with how fast Gabe is picking up flying on cue!
I'm just now starting to really work on out-of-sight flighted recall. I haven't had much time to devote to training lately, unfortunately, but the birds are getting better at it, slowly but surely. It's amazing how things like that, which I think of as a logical extension of the regular flighted recall, can take a while for my birds to learn. It really reminds me that I need too look at things from their perspective, not from mine, when training. :)
Slightly off-topic, but I noticed a couple red spots on the bottoms of Gabe's feet, and now I'm worried she's starting on pressure sores. :( I'll post about it on PL in a few minutes, once I upload the photo, and brace myself for the inevitable "you're a horrible bird owner" attack. :-P If people can figure out what's going on for me though, I'll put up with it.
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Neither food nor attention is a more valid reinforcer. It's all about what motivates the trainee. If Gabe prefers to work for attention instead of treats (unlike my flying garbage disposals), good on her.
It's exciting to hear about her flight progress! Very cool! Have the signs done the trick on helping T$ remember to shut the doors? I think I'm going to do a similar thing to help us remember to shut our toilet lid and bathroom door.
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Gabe's excellent about returning (flying) to the cage when in the same room, and she's much better about stepping up for T$ than when we first moved in together - though that one I think much of it is T$ realizing the proper way to offer his hand to her. :-P She's slower about figuring out flying from the cage to me or from other things to me, but it's definitely progress and makes me proud of her. :)
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I'm impressed with how fast Gabe is picking up flying on cue!
I'm just now starting to really work on out-of-sight flighted recall. I haven't had much time to devote to training lately, unfortunately, but the birds are getting better at it, slowly but surely. It's amazing how things like that, which I think of as a logical extension of the regular flighted recall, can take a while for my birds to learn. It really reminds me that I need too look at things from their perspective, not from mine, when training. :)
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