Celebrate with me! I’ve been working with my sweet birbs on target training. It’s been going well and I learned how to do that here. Okay, I’d like to harness train my birbs...no more accidental outings...I’ve been super lucky when this happened before. Gus and Max both recoiled in terror when I first showed them the harnesses. My challenge lay before me. I’ve been using the harness in the training routine, or draping it over my body. I gradually replaced their target stick with the harness every now and then. Gussy is so easy going, that he touched it with his beak no problem. Max was still jittery until the other day. He was watching Gus and wanting to play along and get a seed treat. I had been handing him the treat and praising him when he’s gotten near the harness. I’m trying to increase their comfort with it. This session Gus beaks it and gets seeds and praise. And, to my great joy, Max timidly beaked the harness for the first time. I was overjoyed and tried not to overwhelm him with my enthusiasm. We played our little targeting game for two more times and he was getting bolder with his beaking!
Now, how to get it nearer their bodies and eventually on them....
Now, how to get it nearer their bodies and eventually on them....