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After 2 weeks of training, Stitch who usually is very fast learner, finally started to catch onto the wings trick training! After a lot of setbacks and problems with him wanting to step up (no matter how I positioned my fingers)or looking for treats, something hit home today and he lifted his wings on his own, just as I was closing with them to touch him. We repeated this for about 5 minutes but after that he got bored with it.
I think the biggest issue with this trick is while I am allowed to touch his wings, he isnt fond of it, and thus he had an instant dislike to the trick. It seems (knock on wood) that we've transcended that barrier now though and will be able to move forward =).
Stitch gets the cue (and Ive been able to change from 2 hands to 1 hand), and I am working on moving my hand further and further away, as well as trying to get the time he holds his wings up as long as possible. All in all, this has been a slow trick, but we are making progress each day nontheless.
Sorry for the lack of audio, but the clip shows our progress in a good way still, I think.
A side note is that its actually been better to teach Stitch this on the table top training rig I put together, as he feels he can fly away from the standing training perch Ive got when things get boring (ie which has been working on the wings tricks, it hasnt been his favorite so far...^^).
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