I'v been working to get my
Tak harness trained, it has been very difficult. I can get the harness around his neck and this doesn't phase him at all. He thinks of it as a trick to get a seed but if I try to leave it on for even a couple of seconds he freaks out. So we have been in this pattern for a while of him putting his head in the harness for a couple weeks then me trying to take things up a notch by making him wear it for a longer duration of time around his neck, then him getting traumatized and refusing to put his head through again for a couple days, and then I only ask for his head to go through until he gets comfortable with that again. Anyways we are in a rut!
So I have decided to start completely from scratch, using the steps Michael listed on this website. The harness has been by his cage for the past week and today I will start doing the trick training with the harness next to us. I intend to take things very slow, about a week or so at each step, because Tak at the moment realllly hates the harness and I want him to start to like it! If anybody has helpfull hints let me know
. I will keep you all updated on his progress, and hopefully things go smoothly from here on out.
Chico
