For Portaperch and those who love to see Riam showering, here is another
And in days of water shortages, what better way to save water than to shower with a companion, especially of opposite sex.
We did not do behind back of my wife. We did it in front of her and anyway, who did you think took the pictures?
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shanlung: Last time to beach for Dommie // Cats at home //3 days 2 nights at Turtle Beach Resort
Macawpower,
It was quite by chance I came back into avianavenue. A click on Tink homepage came from a link here a week ago. I followed that to enter that dialogue on leashes on leg (
Please do not use leash on leg. More dangerous than free flight. In accident on free flight, birdie remain alive and maybe live with someone else. In accident with leash on leg, the birdie may just die)
And that lead me into airport and these threads here. You known while my birdies went on to homes that loved them very much, the partings had been very painful on me. To the point I do not wish for birdie anymore, hookbill in particular.
Until I settled in a place that I can call my home. Which I will be trying to find starting Jan next year, especially as we still have an Earth still intact today on 22 Dec 2012. That was in the last entry of my blog. Which you might like to see especially if you like to see photos of hornbills in a Singapore garden.
shanlung: Photos of Riamfada & Dommie// Falcons// Sieben //Jackie & hornbills
I will be going to different small towns and hamlets to stay for a few weeks to see if I like the place enough to retire there. That will start from Jan next year.
I will be moving on to Nepal, Laos and maybe even next to you.
Only when I feel I got a place that I can call home, and that my wife care to join me, then and only then will I look for a birdie companion.
In those travelling about, I might not have Internet access to get to forums such as here to chat with you all. I will try to update my Livejournal so you folks know I am still alive.
So this might well be my last note for a long long time here.
dolldid,
I really think you should refresh your knowledge of clicker training. This is one of the most important bridge to forming understanding and bonding with your creatures. You seen me using it on almost everything except on the wife. Nothing works on wife. I do not even understand my wife. If anyone knows what works on wife, please please please tell me!
For clicker training
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if you forgotten about clicker training
Tinkerbell Legacy - VH parrot and Clicker Training Rant 06
shanlung: Tinkerbell Legacy - VH parrot and Clicker Training Rant 06 (clicker training)
Some thoughts on clicker - The initial experience with Tinkerbell
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Clicker training and bonding with Tinkerbell
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To Shanlung-Charlie and clicker training
shanlung: To Shanlung-Charlie and clicker training
Charlie and clicker training - beyond touch target //LiBai on finger and in slow motion videos —
shanlung: Charlie and clicker training - beyond touch target //LiBai on finger and in slow motion videos
Tinkerbell Legacy - - Rant 03 (a flighted parrot mentality) & Understanding the mind of your grey
shanlung: Tinkerbell Legacy - - Rant 03 (a flighted parrot mentality) & Understanding the mind of your grey
Above is probably the most important of all I have written, and the foundation to all that I have done.
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I believe you did not introduce the clicker to Mango properly via conditioning the clicker.
If Mango is upset by sight of clicker, then do not show the clicker. You only need the click sound.
Do that click sound and give a treat.
Do that at random. Go read my notes above.
Mare,
I know you love Amigo very much.
You do want to leave Amigo a future. An U2 who go around chomping and chomping and cannot be looked after you go will be put down.
And since hookbills live to 60++ years or more, Amigo will likely outlive you.
So for Amigo future, you must integrate him into your family and acceptable behaviour.
That can be done AND MUST BE DONE BY YOU.
What I wrote for do not apply just for greys. That applied to ALL birdies. Even straight bills.
You must not be defeated in your mind. Amigo is an empath, and likely be reading your mind.
So the first thing is that YOU MUST BE DETERMINED IN YOUR MIND TO SHAPE AMIGO.
Unacceptable stuff must be acted on immediately by you in screams and shouts AND MENTALLY FLARING OUT AS IF IN NOVA NO NO NO!
Any incipient attack from Amigo must be stopped with flaring out mentally of anger/disappointment.
Or distract Amigo into other activities. A jujitsu redirection of attention.
None of those crazy stuff about suffering in silence which is hypocritical and can never work on empaths.
Being drama queen will not work either.
There will be hard work ahead of you.
Work that you must do and can be done.