Skullie6687
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Hello. I would appreciate any feedback.I have been clicker training my 12 year old CAG for two weeks, and we are stuck. My end goal is to have him step up to both me and my husband. He is bitey, so we are trying a perch first. He knows the drill well. He targets a chopstick. The problem is that I will keep pulling the chopstick farther and farther away, and once it is out of his reach, he gives up. This bird will lean and stretch as far as he can, and once he realizes he cant reach it, he pulls away.This is happening in his cage as we try to lure him out. If he comes out on his own, he will run around the top of the cage freely and target the chopstick. But, once we try to get him off the cage onto the perch, the same thing happens. He leans and stretches rather than actually step on the perch. He doesn't lift a foot, even. I feel like every time he stretches and I don't click, he doesn't get it and I'm frustrating him, and we are moving backwards. What can I do to get him to take that step? He doesn't beak the perch, so I can't click for that. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate it.