Einstein is an African Grey that I would really love to teach to make sounds on cue. However I have found myself to be less than adequate at the technique of behavior capturing. Einstein already has a wide variety of sounds that he makes and picks up new sounds quickly. A fraction of Einstein's repertoire is Basket ball whistle, Phone ring, Twitter sound, creaky door, squeaky dog-toy, Blue Jay. I went ahead and bought a whistle and a squeak toy.
Einstein came to the facility over a year ago. Not long after arriving, there was a day when Einstein would make a creaky door sound when anyone would open any sort of door. He did "creaky door" when he saw someone open a gate or bird cage. The finniest part was when he was in his pet carrier, I assumed he couldn't see me. But peeking through a hole, he creaked when I took the lid of my drink.
All this happened before I has started clicker training him. The hardest part of clicker training was to find a treat he would respond to. For several months now, I have him target trained with the clicker, so that I will click and reward when he touches the target. He understands the click and reward. When I give him his food for the day, he will often imitate the clicker.
I am now trying to use behavior capturing to get him to make sounds on cue. My problem is that I am such a novice at bird training. I'm trying to use behavior capturing, but I'm not making any progress. It could be that I am not patent enough.
Einstein would watch as I used a Bluetooth speaker to play music for Gizmo. I had not used the speaker for at least three months. The crazy thing was when I did again get the speaker out for the other bird, Einstein made the Bluetooth connect/disconnect sound. I did not even recognize the sound at first. This happened a few weeks ago, I tried to use this as the break through but was unsuccessful. Now he doesn't do the Bluetooth sound.
Any suggestions?
Einstein came to the facility over a year ago. Not long after arriving, there was a day when Einstein would make a creaky door sound when anyone would open any sort of door. He did "creaky door" when he saw someone open a gate or bird cage. The finniest part was when he was in his pet carrier, I assumed he couldn't see me. But peeking through a hole, he creaked when I took the lid of my drink.
All this happened before I has started clicker training him. The hardest part of clicker training was to find a treat he would respond to. For several months now, I have him target trained with the clicker, so that I will click and reward when he touches the target. He understands the click and reward. When I give him his food for the day, he will often imitate the clicker.
I am now trying to use behavior capturing to get him to make sounds on cue. My problem is that I am such a novice at bird training. I'm trying to use behavior capturing, but I'm not making any progress. It could be that I am not patent enough.
Einstein would watch as I used a Bluetooth speaker to play music for Gizmo. I had not used the speaker for at least three months. The crazy thing was when I did again get the speaker out for the other bird, Einstein made the Bluetooth connect/disconnect sound. I did not even recognize the sound at first. This happened a few weeks ago, I tried to use this as the break through but was unsuccessful. Now he doesn't do the Bluetooth sound.
Any suggestions?