Jumping in on this late! I clicker trained my dog 10 years ago, and LOVED it (as did she)! She loved it so much, I would end the training session with "Game over!!!!" so that she'd know that we were done.
Need to go pick up a new clicker and get caught up with the rest of you on the steps.
Nugget's a lovebird and LOVES safflower seeds - but she takes FOREVER to eat one (has to make sure she gets every bit of morsel out of it). I may pick up some pine-nuts tomorrow and see how she likes those - I like the ideas I read about cutting the nuts into very small pieces - OH - she LOVES pistachio's too, so I may see how she does with that cut into tiny pieces! And she only gets them as treats too!
Very excited to have stumbled across this, this morning!