Clicker/marker training

[malibu]

Hey everyone,
So my lovebird has now finally started accepting treats from my hands so tonight I did very basic target training and she picked up the concept pretty well. I was wondering if marker training with a consistent "yes" would be easier than clicker training. I have an Australian shepherd so I'm not new to training animals with clickers and marker words.

The clicker I have is pretty loud and I am worried it could be a bit loud for her tiny ears. Would marker training still have the same effect as clicker training? Since I find that it has the same effect with dogs but I am not sure with birds.

 

[sunnysmom]

 

[ConureTiel]

Should work the same! The basic principles of learning work across all species. No reason a word can't be a reward marker for your bird, just as with your Aussie. I've used words as markers with parrots plenty of times.