I do not own a clicker if that helps...
Target trained?
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Target trained?
by Fallen_Parakeet » Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:22 pm
Okay, About 6 days ago I bought a bird from a store called Our Feathered Friends (Great store!). I taught him/her to step onto my finger and he allows me to take him/her out of the cage to play. I'm not sure if he's target trained or not.. what is it?
I do not own a clicker if that helps...
I do not own a clicker if that helps...
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Re: Target trained?
by chadsnyder » Thu Jun 09, 2011 4:45 pm
I have begun target training my Pacific Parrotlet. Its pretty much a chopstick that you use in combination with a clicker...at least to start. My bird has associated the clicker sound with getting a treat and now associates touching the tip of the target (chopstick) with its beak as getting a treat as well. Others may correct me, but I believe target training is useful because it relys on something that is always consistent and comfortable with introducing new things in order to desensitize them.
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- Types of Birds Owned: Parakeets
- Flight: No
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