Taming exercises?

[Nir]

I want to start doing a hand taming exercises and routines everyday with mango. some i figure i will do are these.

lift his wings
make him do his tricks
lay him on his back
beak/head scratch


what else can i do for taming exercises?

[janetafloat]

Grab training - Michael really stresses grabbing as an important part of training/taming

[Nir]

Grab training - Michael really stresses grabbing as an important part of training/taming

o ya, i always do this throughout the day. grab him/flip him smother him! and then give him treat.

[janetafloat]

Sounds like you're doing really well with Mango. You've come a long way from those early days when he was biting you all the time! You just need to tighten up your training methods, such as rewarding him only when you cue him to fly to you, not every time he decides to fly to you himself. You don't need someone else to tell you that Nir, you already identified that. And remember that he's still very young & that you're probably comparing Mango to Kili when she was a year, or two, or three older than Mango.