What do you think of this taming method?

[RedCarpetEclectus]

I found this while looking for other methods of taming my pigeon, as the "patience" way is not working in terms of how tame i want him to be:

Hands On

 

[Jaguar]

I found this while looking for other methods of taming my pigeon, as the "patience" way is not working in terms of how tame i want him to be:

What you want and what's in the birds' best interests are two very different things.

Those are not birds whom have conquered their fears, those are birds who have realized their signals of fear are being ignored and have stopped trying - learned helplessness.

 

[Laurul Feather Cat]

This "training" method teaches birds to do what the larger, more physically stronger human wants it to do without allowing the bird to form any emotional bond with the bird except fear and subordination. This is the totally wrong way to "tame" a bird.

Parrots live in flocks which are held together by mutual trust and need. To win over a bird emotionally, intellectually and physically, you need to show the bird you are trustworthy and to treat it the way you want it to treat you: with respect, trust and love.

 

[JLcribber]

The technical term for what you are seeing is "learned helplessness".

Ken died a number of years ago now. Can't say I miss him because I don't. He set back training with his outdated methods.