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7 Colors of Truman - Aviator Harness Colors

Postby Michael » Tue Jun 17, 2014 3:31 pm

7 Colors of Truman - Aviator Harness Colors

Come see the 7 colors of Truman as he samples all the different colors of Aviator Harnesses
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Re: 7 Colors of Truman - Aviator Harness Colors

Postby Nokota » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:39 pm

The smallest is only available in four colors. GOD I wish I could get Vivi a purple one... WHY are there color restrictions!?
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Re: 7 Colors of Truman - Aviator Harness Colors

Postby Michael » Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:05 pm

Harnesses are available in 7 colors red, black, green, silver, blue, purple, and pink in sizes Small, Medium, Large, and XL. Red, Black, Green, and Blue for Petite and XS. Red, Black, Blue, and Silver in XXL. In the picture you can see Truman trying on all 7 colors available. Just a few sizes are restricted in colors. You can see all available sizes/colors here.
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Re: 7 Colors of Truman - Aviator Harness Colors

Postby ginger » Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:17 pm

One of the best things about this video is that I get to watch how you put the harness on several times in a row. :)
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Re: 7 Colors of Truman - Aviator Harness Colors

Postby Tony » Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:42 pm

Truman looks so adorable. :P
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Re: 7 Colors of Truman - Aviator Harness Colors

Postby Michael » Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:47 pm

Putting the harness on is the easy part. Getting Truman to agree to getting paraded around in pink is a whole other story!
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Re: 7 Colors of Truman - Aviator Harness Colors

Postby Wolf » Sun Aug 03, 2014 4:18 am

Some people are having problems with a tight fit with the part that goes over the birds head and really want to know what is the recommended way to fix it and also how to remove the harness. so what do you think about making a video addressing these problems for them ?
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Re: 7 Colors of Truman - Aviator Harness Colors

Postby Michael » Sun Aug 03, 2014 9:18 am

Removing the harness is putting it on in reverse. The only difficulty with that is going against the feathers but the bird learns to work with you for negativevreinforcement (having the harness off). I would absolutely not recommend modifying the harness. It isn't stitched, it is welded together. So you cant just change it on your own without making it weak. It's just about getting the right size harness and teaching your bird to help put it on and want to wear it. I think most people have trouble because they are forcing it onto resisting bird. Teach your bird to be calm and help out and it's as easy as I show.
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Re: 7 Colors of Truman - Aviator Harness Colors

Postby Chantilly » Thu Dec 10, 2015 7:37 pm

@Michael, do you think that my :gcc: could be retrained to wear a harness?
She absolutey hates them and is terrified of them... What I currently have is lthis but in medium, http://birdsville.net.au/accessories/ha ... ness-lead/ .
When she was younger we would have somebody holding her while the other person would put it on. BIG MISTAKE. Now she is older and independant, as soon as it gets within 10 metres of her, she will give me a BIG bite and fly of screaming. I want to retrain her. I know it will be hard, but still I want to be able to take her outside. I use positive reinforcment on her but she has her own mind and her own barriers, and I dont want to push her and destroy our relationship.
I would buy the aviator harness, but I am uncertain if I am able to show Tilly(gcc) it is ok. And dont want to just spend the money and it go to waste when I could buy her a bunch of toys or trick training stuff. Sadly If I do get the aviator harness it will probably be from an AUS site because American postage is really expensive :cry: . But I know you did it with Kili do you think things would work out for me and my birdie in this situation?
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Re: 7 Colors of Truman - Aviator Harness Colors

Postby Michael » Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:51 pm

It won't be easy but I am sure it is possible. I would very strongly reading/applying my book first and then retraining the harness using the method in my harness training DVD. Most other ways only kead to problems as you well know.
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