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We start off with lots of clicker training indoors, building up a good relationship so they want to come to you, lots of indoor recall, building up stamina, then when we eventually do the first flight outdoors in a level 1 location like this, all kinds of safety measures we put in place as well. But there’s not really any flying training, we’re just choosing new increasingly complex environments and letting Zuko grow his skills. All the while maintaining trick training with the clicker at home to maintain a good relationship.

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Aw corella’s are cute! Hm good few things we’ve learned from our trainer Chris Biro and our own experience that might help. - Zuko was attacking anyone that wasn’t me, including people we lived with, so it was feeling like a pair bond was forming with me, so I dialled back the petting a lot amongst other things, to try and bring it back to “just friends” and it’s working well - Zuko’s in a great mood when we do different tricks and recall in doors, it keeps him nice and engaged - clicker usage is HUGE, it tells them the precise moment they earned the treat, great for capturing the behaviour you want, we do the clicks with our mouths nowadays - outside free flying a smaller bird like a corella, you would lose sight of them probably after 200m, as opposed to 400m for a larger bird, so you want to be a bit more confident, something to bear in mind - definitely harness exposure outside would be great for desensitisation, you want the outdoors to be as comfortable as possible, because as soon as they’re overwhelmed for any reason (a larger bird, a loud noise, a car, a dog), that’s when it’s a takeoff - for now I’d recommend doing heaps of indoor training and recall, and harness exposure outside, then you’ll get a feel for their confidence in the outdoors as the months go by. - Would also recommend a free flight course like Chris Biro’s liberty wings class, because there’s so many little hacks you can do to set you up for the least risk possible (e.g. different levels, walkie-talkies, having posters ready, food management, what to do when you lose them) Hope that helps ❤️

Zuko is Harlequin & the other in the video is a Catalina. Salsa sounds cool!

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Yeah, totally understandable 👍 we’ve found that most raptors here in NSW aren’t big enough to actually want to hunt & eat a macaw but do territorial attacks to try to scare away. And when Zuko is being chased, he out-manoeuvres them well. Then when he comes to sit on us for refuge, the raptors never want to come near us humans anyway, which works out well.

Not worried now, doing dozens of flights every weekend and he’s super reliable now. But Yeah we had fly offs in the early days, it’s only really when somethings wrong and he’s overwhelmed. In the early days a bird is easily overwhelmed so we had to minimise the risks… use very open level 1 environments, low wind, no other birds etc… but now that he’s more experienced, The only thing that can overwhelm him now is a chase/mobbing from a big flock of birds. So we keep an eye out for big flocks.

Did a whole training course with Chris Biro from liberty wings (www.libertywings.com/programs/register-and-pay/). Working your way up Chris’s level system. First is a lot of indoor training (level 0) building up stamina/confidence, lots of outdoor exposure/desensitisation (in aviary/on lead). And of course need a great relationship with him, lots of playing/ bonding/ training. Then, after 8 months or so after getting him, we did our first level 1 flight, (way out in farmland, 1 km radius little/no trees). Lots of other info, but that’s a super brief summary. There’s so many other factors to consider 😅.

Hey hey, yeah got him from a breeder at 6 months old, and he’s 2 now, so now we have about 80 years left! If you’re thinking about getting a Macaw, here’s a great couple of videos to show what’s involved in the whole lifestyle change… ruclips.net/video/xA6QjVRBMh4/видео.htmlsi=7YMfeTjFMl89YCJO ruclips.net/video/szfHGKduMGM/видео.htmlsi=tW0BgfdVe-QhwrYB We recommend just doing a lot of research, smashing through heaps of videos by guys like these or “bird tricks” channel, that give you insight the into a species’ behaviour and commitment. Hope that helps 👊

@@ZukoTheMacaw From the looks of it it will be a great life you guys have. Wont have to worry about the pain I'm still going through having to put my Aussie down in June.

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