I am a new bird owner and I own several clickers. The first week of owning Kiwi, my daughter's GCC, I taught him to step up, shake, dance, and give kisses using the clicker. I was more patient with my new baby IRN P.J. I have had him less than 4 weeks now, but he is trained to step up, and does great with target training already. We are just starting on shake, but I may change that to wave.
I have to take training a little slow with P.J. because I think he may be going through a small bluffing phase (something IRNs are known for), and right now he wants to nibble my finger when I try to get him to raise his foot. Keeping his trust during this critical period is more important to me right now than trick training.
