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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Advantages of Trick Training Your Parrot | |
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| Benefits to You | |
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| Benefits to Your Bird | |
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| Socialization | |
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| Making Life Easier | |
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| A New Experience for You | |
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| Bird Ambassadorship: Getting Out with Your Parrot | |
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| Keep Your Expectations in Check | |
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| Preparations for Training | |
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| Early-Bird Training | |
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| Tameness Scale | |
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| Any Age Bird Can Be Trained | |
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| The Training Area | |
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| Training Rewards for Your Bird | |
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| Food as a Training Tool | |
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| Training Sessions | |
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| How Many Trainers? | |
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| Trimming Wing Feathers | |
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| The T-Stand | |
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| Training Basics | |
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| Targeting | |
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| Shaping a Behavior | |
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| Physical Assistance (Molding) | |
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| Luring | |
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| Capturing a Behavior | |
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| Clicker Training | |
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| Operant Conditioning | |
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| Partial Extinction | |
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| Cues: Verbal and Physical | |
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| Generalizing | |
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| Necessary Obedience Skills (Husbandry Behaviors) | |
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| Step Up | |
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| Come and Perch | |
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| Stay | |
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| Go to Your Cage | |
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| Potty Training | |
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| Nail Trimming | |
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| Wing Trimming | |
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| Getting into a Carrier | |
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| Toweling | |
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| Moving from Place to Place | |
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| Tricks That Don't Require Props | |
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| First Training Lessons | |
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| The Turn Around | |
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| The Wave | |
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| Shake Hands | |
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| Review of First Training Session | |
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| High Five | |
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| The Kiss | |
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| Nod Head Yes | |
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| Shake Head No | |
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| Take a Bow | |
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| Big Eagle | |
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| Flap Wings | |
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| Teaching the Basic Retrieve Command | |
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| First Retrieve Lessons | |
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| Bring It to Me | |
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| Planning Ahead for Other Tricks | |
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| Moving the Object Around | |
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| Card Tricks | |
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| Simple Tricks Based on the Retrieve | |
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| Basketball | |
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| Wastepaper into a Wastepaper Basket | |
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| Recycling | |
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| Ring on the Peg | |
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| Rings on the Peg by Color | |
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| Rings on the Peg by Size | |
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| Ring on Your Finger | |
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| Lei on a Doll | |
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| Stacking Cups | |
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| Coins in a Bank | |
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| Letter in a Mailbox | |
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| Puzzle Board-Learning Shapes | |
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| The Shell Game | |
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| Ringing a Hanging Bell | |
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| Retrieving a Dumbbell | |
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| Retrieving a Dumbell Over a Hurdle | |
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| Lifting a Barbell | |
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| Advanced Tricks Based on the Retrieve | |
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| Pulling a Pull Toy | |
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| Pulling a Wagon | |
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| Variations of Pulling a Wagon | |
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| Pushing a Grocery Cart | |
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| Pushing a Baby Carriage | |
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| Pushing a Ball | |
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| Bowling | |
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| Soccer | |
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| Rolling Out a Carpet | |
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| Raising a Flag | |
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| Carrying a Banner or a Rod | |
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| Changing a Marquee | |
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| Displaying a Sign | |
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| Putting a Hat on a Rack | |
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| Opening a Mailbox | |
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| Riding a Scooter | |
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| Riding a Skateboard | |
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| Turning a Crank | |
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| Miscellaneous Tricks | |
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| Playing Dead | |
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| Rolling Over | |
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| Somersault | |
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| Headstand on Table | |
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| Headstand on Hand | |
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| Climbing a Ladder | |
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| Climbing a Rope or a Pole | |
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| Sliding Down a Pole | |
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| Climbing Rings | |
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| Hauling Up a Bucket | |
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| Jumping Through a Hoop | |
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| Ringing a Service Bell | |
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| Skating | |
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| Riding a Bicycle | |
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| Innovative Tricks | |
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| Hopping | |
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| Scratching Head | |
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| Placing Object Under Wing | |
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| Putting Foot to Beak | |
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| Dancing, Bobbing, and Weaving | |
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| Stretching | |
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| Nodding Head Yes | |
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| Shaking Head No | |
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| Raising the Ruff or Neck Feathers | |
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| Chaining Tricks | |
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| Putting It All Together | |
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| Still More... | |
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| Final Touches | |
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| Chains of Tricks | |
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| Verbalizations and Talking | |
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| You Are Already Training Your Parrot | |
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| Training Your Parrot to Talk | |
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| Once More, with Meaning | |
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| Talking Back | |
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| The Model/Rival Method | |
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| The Positive Reward Method | |
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| Expectations | |
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| Making Props | |
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| Using Props | |
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| Getting Assistance | |
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| Making Your Own Props | |
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| T-Stand or Training Perch | |
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| Floor Stand | |
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| Table Perch | |
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| Ring on the Peg | |
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| Puzzle Board | |
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| Basketball Hoop | |
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| Shell Game | |
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| Piggy Bank | |
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| Barbell/Dumbbell | |
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| Soccer Field | |
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| Hat Rack | |
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| Afterword | |
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| Resources | |
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| Places You Can See Performing Birds | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |