Why Military Macaws Are Hard To Work With | Understanding Treat Value
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- Опубликовано: 23 янв 2019
- Disclaimer about cheese: Birds are lactose intolerant. This is fact. However, birds do love cheese, and when given in small amounts infrequently, most do not have a problem digesting it.
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You guys are excellent instructors
I am so grateful for all your training videos! It is such a massive help for people like me. I have no chance to attend any of your seminars, simply because I am not living in the USA.
You are doing great job, you both are very patient, kind and understanding! You really want what's best for parrots and their owners! Thanks a million times for sharing your knowledge.
I am also truly grateful to your students for letting us to take advantage of their sessions for free... Love you people ❤️
Depending on where you live we do plan training tours - we are headed to Australia this September and are talking about coming to the UK as well. So always keep an open mind when it comes to that! If you can rally enough people interested we will come anywhere! Thanks for your kind words.
@@BirdTricks you guys are so AMAZING, ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY!
I've become so addicted to your videos!
Capri with Lefty totally stole my 💜
What a beautiful bird! Such gorgeous feather quality and such a cute personality too!
I completely take in these training sessions. Students are so kind to let us watch them learn and it's helping us out here too. Thank you ALL! :)
Omg! YOU are hilarious Jamie😂. 'You see things,you just don't listen'.'Its obvious he didn't want it.Like get it out of my face'! Not a bird owner love your videos y'all are so great!
I know right?
that lady kinda pissed me off😁
I now understand why Jamie lets Dave handle the owners 🤣
Keep going with the masterclasses!! They are really helpful!!😊👍
Owners seem Bent on defending themselves rather than learning what you are trying to teach
I think the owners are great. A training video means you have to go from point A to point D. It's about the learning.
I dont think they're bent on defending themselves (usually), but instead just nervous. Imagine not only being in front of Dave and Jamie, but also a whole room full of people judging how you work with your bird. It has to be nerve-wracking.
This is so natural to me I just can't understand how people don't get it. nice to learn ways to explain it, so still a useful video to me. I'm sure it's super useful for most people.
I love watching you both give lessons. Very valuable information for any bird owner. Thank you. 🕊
Really makes me value how easy my handraised lovebird was to train...treats were just a step above food, I'd give them a 3 but affection was 11/10 which made it soo easy...cheese was also his favorite! Even tho we didnt think he should eat it, it seemed worse not to let him have his favorite snack in the world every once in a while so I would try rewarding him during training but by the time he earned cheese he didnt care...just cuddles. Things to think about when picking a species!
I love this! Sorry your friend was embarrassed but it's a great learning value. Love you guys, i dont comment much
Great video, please keep posting these, I'm learning lots! Thank you thank you!!!
I used to think that Jamie was mean but I’ve realized that she just loves what she does and is very good at what she does. Now I feel bad about ever thinking she was mean
Haven Anderson I’m very blunt and to the point which can come across harsh. I just don’t have another way - I prefer very clear communication 😆
BirdTricks Thanks for replying, and I’m glad that now I understand.
@@BirdTricks So are birds/ animals, they are also clear in what they mean. But not everyone can 'see-hear-react that way...yet. ;-)
I love these styles of videos so much!! Learn so much thank you :) ❤️
Fun and educational! I really enjoyed this. I didn't think I would watch the whole thing, but before I knew it, the video was over. Oh how I would love to be able to interact with a Macaw.
Awe yay!
I found myself answering dave on the plus or minus reinforcement and what she did wrong lol. It’s very distracting to have the two beautiful hyacinth in the back ground though. Do i watch the training or the birds. Also I love her cages
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I know, those hyacinths!!!
lol, I kept saying "good bird!" every time the bird completed a trick XD
Astonishingly beautiful Military!
Enjoyed this. I noticed some things you didn't mention (but I'm sure you noticed yourself) . @ 9:39 he has a brief (moment of "happy" time on the stand). So I rewinded the entire video and noticed he was exhibiting breeding male behavior the whole time. His eyes constatnly went from Dave, to the man in the back to the male parrot in the cage. Poor guy could not focus on the entire session (even with cheese) because he was caught between displaying for his owner & guarding her jealously with his eyes from potential male competition that was swarming around him.
He would have done great in a more private setting for sure. Hope to see more of this amorous big guy.
Yes the treats are small but birds are small animals.
Exactly!!!! 😆😇👍
It has only to do with a lill taste of food as reward otherwise they grow to fat/ heavy if you train every day multiple times. :-)
Will you do it for a Scooby Snack? Lol
Thank you so much for all your videos
Love the vid so mush it was amazinggg as usual, all I wanted to say it that u are my fav RUclipsr and I wish good health to ur birds and family!!! You we're also my inspiration to get birds (budgies) 😁😀😋
Thanks for always leaving me kind comments!
@@BirdTricks it's ok I do it bc I enjoy it videos
Another great video that was over way too soon.
Yayyyyy!
Wow. These sessions are so powerful. I was able to answer the plus or minus part and was right. Yay. LOL BTW, Ally is a gorgeous bird. I would never have used cheese as a treat since I read quite a while ago about the lactose intolerance issue from your website. I don't even use cheese for our dogs since I'm always concerned about their weight and keeping high motivational treats as healthy as possible.
Most animal owners are not aware of food issues, macaws and other parrots don't eat cheese in the wild.
I was thinking please do all your resurch before you buy a parrot or other animal, make sure you know about bodylanguage, food and most of all you MUST HAVE patience and common sense and self awareness. No offence to anyone, just my move for happy healthy mental) animals :-)
Yeah, I thought I heard it wrong at first, very surprised about "cheese". I wouldn't use that either, gotta be a reason they let that go on?🤔
Hello jamie i watched all your videos. It been 11yrs you are in youtube and uploading wonderful videos. Especially i like the q&a video and toucan video.
And way of teaching lession is good for all who want to grow parrot..
It a nice experience for you. Once again thank you for your videos.
I love your videos..😁👏👏
Thank you so much!
Such a cutiepie
Could here leaning over the bird on the blue perch be part of why he didn't want to step up on it?
Another great video. I have a question. Why should a parrot not use their beak to step up? My Ringneck uses her beak all the time to step up. Thanks
This is why; ruclips.net/video/FaeS0YNs9uU/видео.html
I just love watching this masterclass. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the session.
And I have a question about "handeling" a bird. I recently saw a video, where a parrot was picked up by its neck. It didn't seem to really bother the bird, but for me it felt like there was a certain lack of respect. And I find that you always respect the bird by simply asking the bird to cooperate. So, are there exceptions? Like for medical check-ups or similar situations, where you would treat your birds different?
I remember from the Morgan-series that Patty needed to "towel" Morgan to give her the medicine she needed.
I mean if you HAVE to handle your bird in a way for medical purposes then it's a matter of life and death and hopefully you've created a good enough bank account that it doesn't put you at minus - I would do whatever it took to save a bird's life if needed in handling but if it's not totally necessary, then I prefer to find another way.
@@BirdTricks The other way in this case would be teaching your bird, to go on it's back, like you did with Jinx, right? Or would the picking up by it's neck be a trick es well? (Or is it just like with rabbits, kittens etc. that they tolerate the neck grip on an instinct-level?)
Yes I saw a video where a guy was picking up a bird by its neck like showing off how he could handle it like that and I just couldn't believe it
Was a bit painful for me to watch, that lady didn't seem to know what she was doing and wasn't listening fully. Perhaps she was nervous idk but I'm not very patient with these type of people so hats off Jamie and Dave.
What great customers!!! Bird people are KEWL!!!!!
Do you have anything more that features military macaws? I'm having a tough time reading my 13 year old hen so seeing anything with them has been really helpful.
Same! Our military macaw is sometimes much less cut-and-dry in his behaviors than other birds.
The hardest part is training to people before you can start training the bird
Nice...
Have you and Dave tought about getting another bird? Have you tought about getting a hyacinth?
Jake Paul next brothers we’ve got enough of a flock! 💙
Hi, I have found that I say "step up" and then to put the bird back, I just say "down". Also recently my bird likes it better if I just use my hand as the "cue" instead of saying step up (read that in your blog) and he responds better with just the hand, and I still say down , nicely for down. Hope that's correct.
Super great info session. Do you find that these training/behavior skills transfer well for smaller birds - cocktails and parakeets? The only training treat I can seem to get info on is millet...any other options for the smaller birds?
Yes I do! This training is for all sized parrots. I have guides specific to small birds; birdtricksstore.com/collections/small-bird-training. Millet has always been the best treat, my conures will take safflower seeds or sunflower seeds too though.
Sunflower seeds are my birds ultimate treat.
My budgie loves oak seeds
Box clickers are hard to use. Button clickers can be put in either hand or under the foot.
An essential item new bird trainers don’t have but THEY NEED: Chopsticks
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Hi, I have a question. I want to get a cockatiel and where should I get the bird from and how big should the cage be???
Hello. I have question, Previously back in Iraq I owned a very well tamed african grey, I had to leave him back there because I moved to the US. Recently I adopted a two years old blue fronted green amazon, Should I leave the bowls of food to his reach or should I feed him based on a specific time? He likes treats and he picks them from my hand but he seems full almost all the time.
I'm sorry this is way late, but I do have a question. I've seen you guys use targeting to get a bird reluctant to step down onto where you want them to go. Why was this not done with Ally when he was not stepping off her arm? It may have been done off-camera, but I was curious.
I have one!
Is it possible that my bird isnt a fan of food rewards? He will eat anything and doesnt show any preference. I tried training when he is hungry and he just doesnt want to and will throw everything offered away and then gets mad at me for offering. He seems to get way more motivation from sounds and different sounds clearly have different values to him. How can I implement this? Do I need to keep looking for the right food?
So when I started with a knitting needle I was doing ok...so racing out for wooden scuers..was me after missing this lesson..
Just a thought - Why not use wood as a treat since the bird seems to love destroying it?
We weren't certain that would not heighten his mood - as the eyes were pinning while destroying the wood so it could have been excitement OR frustration, and he was already fairly edgy. But great thing to recognize! When the bird is in his home environment and more calm, that may just work!
So I know that I need to watch what my Parrots eat to find out what they like the best and try to make that the treat. I can’t seem to get them to take the treat without them dropping it in a kind of protest almost. What might be some treats that they wouldn’t have been getting in the food? Maybe a human snack that they could see me eating and maybe peek there interest similar to cheese?
If a bird does not want a treat after a trick (other than step up or off) can you continue training without a treat or does it mean the bird is just tolerating it?
Prime example of training the person not the bird .
Yes, first to view. I'm a big fan!
My Military Macaw gets very scared from sticks. Whenever I hold the stick for him to step on it he gets very scared, he starts screaming and then fly away. What should I do?
Did you 'force' your bird with it while his/ her bodylanguage was 'negative' on cue? Or was your own bodylanguage towards your bird telling it something else. These are tiny but very important steps to communicate with animals. Watch very close wat your bird shows you to do/ not do, interact or step back. :-)
ActaNonVerba I did not, I would never force him on anything. When I bought him he was scared, he was 5 months old and I wanna change that but I don’t know how. Thank you for your reply!
A year later how is it going???
@@youssefelchami5207 a year later how is it going now
My parrot is so aggressive and I can’t move him onto a perch for step up training I have watched all you masterclasses but I still can’t get him to cooperate if you have any advice let me know
You need to start INSIDE the cage if he's this mean. You can watch my family friendly series here; birdtricksstore.com/products/family-friendly-parrot-formula-digital-download
Which mcaws are the easiest to work with?
On the topic of cheese: softer cheese has way more lactose than hard cheese (like the one used in the video) because of how long the cheese is ripened. Longer ripening = harder cheese = less lactose. So maybe only use these types of cheeses?
someone please explain something to me.
For 21 years my family had a Senegal and it was a lovely bird, everyone in the family loved it, it wasn't keen on mum all that much, apart from when the parrot needed her help., which was fine, it was dad's pet. The bird was great with me as well and that's what it was. A pet.
Now, why is this Macaw an issue for being "overattached"? it's a pet, it's not a wild bird, it's a companion and it's ultimately, a pet. so why try to train the bird to not be attached when clearly it has a strong bond with it's owner? surely the whole point of owning a bird is to have a strong bond anyway?
why dies the bird keep going up and down?
My little green cheek was horribly clipped - all his flight feathers chopped completely off on one side only. He is very afraid of falling. He will only attempt a little short flap to my arm if I offer cheese. I use mozzarella shreds and let him bite a little bit off the end. Mozzarella is one of the lowest lactose cheeses. When he gains confidence, I'll wean him off the cheese, but right now, we'll have to go with whatever gets us there. Progress is agonizingly slow, so any suggestions would be really appreciated. Then maybe I'll get to use my cheese to make pizza instead!
To be honest, I also used cheese for a bird named Rasta (alexandrine parakeet in my playlists) and weaned him onto almonds as well but that happened with upping his confidence at the same time so you will get there. Definitely check out that playlist though!
@@BirdTricks What about vegan 'cheese' it's a plant based variation?
I got my clickers today in the mail. My Amazon despises pine nuts. What is a good alternative?
Do a taste test. Get a bunch of all different kinds of nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, pecans, pistachios (They should be unsalted. Also I've read peanuts can be bad) and put them all in front of your bird. You can put it on a paper towel if you don't wanna be messy. They will usually go for the ones they like most first. Their next fav second and so on. Or you could offer them one and time and just pay attention to which ones they get most excited for. My bird doesn't like pine nuts either. He straight up won't even eat them lol. He LOVES almonds.
Here is how to do it; birdtricksstore.com/blogs/parrot-care-blog/bird-treats-for-training-finding-yours
The whole thing about training animals and children is “Never reward bad behavior” Catch them doing something good and reward that.
What should you feed a cockatiel? What's healthy, what's not, what do they like, is there a certain food they really need? We ended up with a cockatiel, we know we were not really ready for this bird, but it was rescue type deal. We couldn't stand the thought of this poor bird being miserable and miss treated. We are fully committed to giving this bird a good home and seeing it have a happy life. We want to another one so she isn't alone. But we realize we need to get this bird comfortable and healthy and prepare ourselves as well. We have bird seed, but surely there's more to feeding her than just bird seed
Millet can be used as a treat. A healthy pellet for cockatiels is more nutritionally complete.
The blue perch is too thin . . gives him a foot ache .. the wooden one is more comfy.
I can now cut my pinenuts into 3 for my conure. Smaller the better!
Mel Sanders what kind of pine nuts do you give ? are the ones you get at the grocery store ok for conures ?
@@shay4179 yep, I just use those!
I thought that you say in other or your videos that cheese is not good for macaws because they are lactose intolerant
Some of those owners must be nightmares to work with. Not listening, not understanding, purposely cutting corners - eeeek!
Other Parrots are different than other Parrots how to train them to do stuff and it gets hard sometimes to let you and Dave know Jamieleigh and I'm honest with that to let you both know.
What do you mean? That comment doesn't make sense.
Parrots can have cheese?
Kristen Elizabeth see the description 😊
@@owentobias6651 oh lol I'm dumb..thank you
Is cheese really a good treat? Will it not make the bird super obese?
It's not the best option, yeah
Read the description
maybe I don't now anything about what I am going to say about her body language. she seems to almost coddle when she brings the bird inward. like the bird should rise up her body because of her body. she brings her arm inwards. maybe I'm wrong.
My suggestion is if you are going to put a lot of dialogue on the screen, please allow ample time for people to read. Not all people are fast readers.
Pause it to read , like everyone else does
*Most cheese has negligible levels of lactose anyway
I have a military. I thought cheese wasn’t healthy for them.
Am I the only one focusing on the MORTGAGE it would cost to buy all her birds and cages??
Birds are lactose intolerant, but there is almost no lactose in real cheese. In parmesan you will get a quantity of lactose so small you cannot mesure it!
For the military macaw, do your 20 minutes of stuff and then let the birds out
Poor Jamie it's the owner that needs to be trained not this bird this bird has potential
I was irritated by the heightened state in which Jen was at the beginning (before Dave/Jamie intervened) because, in my opinion, that's what pushed Ally over the edge. All the waving, loud laughters, cheese and overall lack of seriousness from her led me to believe that could have gone way better/faster with some calmness peppered in...
Many people aren't aware of how their energy effects their animals.
Do proper reaserch on your own behavior/ personality before you commit yourself to a bird * all animals but birds in the first place.
it took a while for the bird, and everyone else to train the women
She did not offer a treat…
It's so stupid to feed macaws anything other than plant based.