November 14, 2009

• Wow. That Bird Sure Can Scream!

  Barbara Heidenreich asked:  “Screaming. Somebody reinforced the heck out of that behavior.” I said to myself. Misty, a double yellow headed Amazon parrot, lived with me for only a few weeks. (…)

June 27, 2009

• What’s Wrong With the Step Up Command?

  Barbara Heidenreich asked:  It has been reiterated for years in the companion parrot literature…your parrot must obey the step up command! Obey and command. (…)