Target Training Great Green Macaw

How do you know if your parrot wants to step up? If the parrot wants to step up, the parrot will step up. However, the alternative could be rather unpleasant. If you stick your hand directly in front of the parrot and he doesn’t want to step up, he could bite your hand. So, instead, show your hand to the side and try to entice your parrot to step up voluntarily. If he doesn’t want to, the parrot just won’t come. No bites! Use a clicker, target stick, and training perch to teach your parrot to st

Here’s how Michael taught this Great Green Macaw the wave trick. Teaching the wave trick is based off of step up. First, it is important to make sure the parrot is properly trained to step up by itself. Refer to our other videos about basic training and step up training. The wave is taught by pretending you want the parrot to step up but clicking and giving a reward once the foot comes up but before the bird steps up. Use a clicker to click the moment the foot comes up and before it can reach yo