Training & Behavior · Birds
Parrot Trick Training
Teaching Wave, Spin, and Basketball Games
Ten minutes of tricks tires a parrot more than a whole day in the cage. 10 lessons on why trick training works and the band-aid trick for nippy fingers, luring a spin, capturing a wave, chaining basketball step by step, the Big Eagle pose, color and shape sorting, ring toss as foraging, the five-minute rule, the slot machine reward schedule, and training a whole flock without jealousy.
About this course
Trick training is play with a purpose, and this course gives you a trick for each method so you learn the methods, not just the tricks. Lesson 1 explains why ten focused minutes tires a parrot's brain more than hours of perching, sets up your quiet room and treats, and shares my band-aid trick for budgies that nip. Lesson 2 teaches the spin by luring a half-turn, then a full circle, then fading your hand to a flick. Lesson 3 teaches the wave by capturing the foot-lift your bird already does and shaping it higher. Lesson 4 builds basketball as a chain: touch the ball, pick it up, carry it, drop it through the hoop. Lesson 5 captures the morning wing stretch as a Big Eagle pose. Lesson 6 moves into color and shape sorting with blocks and matching cups, and Lesson 7 turns ring toss into a feeding puzzle. Lesson 8 is the five-minute rule, Lesson 9 switches a mastered trick to slot-machine rewards so your bird performs without a treat in view, and Lesson 10 keeps the peace when you train more than one bird in the room.
What you'll learn
- Why trick training tires a parrot's brain, and the band-aid trick for nippy little birds
- Luring a spin from half-turn to full circle, and capturing a wave from the foot-lift
- Chaining basketball from touching the ball to dropping it through the hoop
- Capturing the Big Eagle wing stretch, and teaching color sorting with blocks and matching cups
- Ring toss as a foraging puzzle, and keeping sessions to 3 to 5 minutes
- Switching to variable rewards for reliability, and training several birds without jealousy
Who this is for
Budgie and cockatiel owners who want more than step-up but keep getting nipped; parrot keepers whose bird screams from boredom and needs a job; and anyone with two or more birds who has tried to train one while the other threw a fit.
Course outline (10 modules)
Quiz & Certificate
Knowledge quiz
After completing all lessons, take a short quiz to test your understanding.
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Pass the quiz and earn a shareable certificate of completion.
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$9.99 · Lifetime access · 10 lessons