Clicker Training for Birds

by Melinda Johnson

Overview

Looking for a new way to have fun playing with your bird buddy? Or is his nickname "Birdzilla" and you have the scars to prove it? Maybe your bird is a depressed little perch potato that refuses to play at all? This new way of training birds with a clicker and treats can dramatically change your bird's behavior and improve your life together.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781890948153
Publisher:	Sunshine Books (MA)
Publication date:	10/28/2003
Series:	Getting Started
Pages:	156
Product dimensions:	5.56(w) x 8.58(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1	Clicker Training Is for the Birds!	1
Chapter 2	Birdie Basics	9
Chapter 3	Getting Ready	15
Chapter 4	How Learning Takes Place	29
Chapter 5	Treats	45
Chapter 6	All About the Clicker	53
Chapter 7	Clicker Training Basics	61
Chapter 8	Prop Behaviors	77
Chapter 9	Non-Prop Behaviors	93
Chapter 10	Star-Spangled Manners	101
Chapter 11	Screaming: The Call of the Wild	119
Chapter 12	To Chomp, Or Not to Chomp	129
Chapter 13	'Fraidy Birds	145
Chapter 14	The Sky's the Limit: Resources	153
	Glossary of Bird Names	155
	About the Author	156