Hi guys: I have already posted this on a few other lists.....my husband and I got a chance to make a few videos on Friday. I filmed some things I have been...
Howdy: I was on another list where they played an old Pet Star video that I did from 2003. In the video, I use my hand to move Kiri from prop to prop. This was...
Hi friends: For years, I have written about Phinney's trick training and how I take her to nursing homes but never gotten it on film.... Okay, this is...
Hi guys; This is my little flighted Dynamo..... This is a typical day with Babylon senegal. I try to keep her in the bird room but she follows me out into the...
Okay, this one is short . This illustrates how you can use a trick like "bring it to me" to teach a bird to give you objects that you do not want them to chew...
Hi, Mona! I've been following your youtube postings. COOL! Love it! That's all great, however.. you knew I'd do a "however" didn't you? LOL.... when working...
Linda wrote: "Hi, Mona! I've been following your youtube postings. COOL! Love it! That's all great, however.. you knew I'd do a "however" didn't you? LOL.... ...
... From: Mona What do you use? I am currently using dry roasted peanuts, bought in the grocery store. I put a hand full in my pocket every morning and when...
Personally, I use pine nuts as trick training treats. They just love them. They are also very very soft, easy to break a bit off with your thumbnail. Also, no...
... exception. ... Hi Mona, i am enjoying your videos. you have a nice, gentle touch with the birds. I am not trying to be argumentative, but I wanted to...
Hi friends: If I can, I would like to just make a few more points about the videos that I just posted. First, they were all filmed at the same time on Friday...
Linda asked: "I was just wondering about how you handle momentum or loss, or if you were doing that (larger treats) due to the filming. Didn't I meet you at...
-janet wrote: "I am not trying to be argumentative, but I wanted to point out to you that you do use some negative reinforcement when you guided the birds ...
I have to make a correction to what I wrote on this post; "> There was one second where I moved Kiri away from a perch because she was heading for ... ...
Come on, Mona! I am not a native English language speaker but I read Janet's comment as a nice and gentle one. Neither Janet, nor me or anyone else is using...
... want to comment on? ... No, that wasn't all I noticed. I did say I thought you had a really nice, gentle way of dealing with your birds, which I noticed...
Janet wrote: "Just my take on it. You made the point that you train with positve reinforcement in such a way that it implies you are saying you only use...
Milko wrote: "I am not a native English language speaker but I read Janet's comment as a nice and gentle one. Neither Janet, nor me or anyone else is using...
... your birds using ... A few people on the list have seen me train at two NEI workshops. Believe me, it is ONLY positive reinforcement at NEI. Your wording ...
... the video. ... taking into account ... the times I am using ... aren't going to ... Mona, while I agree that it is good to focus on the good aspects when ...
Janet wrote: "A few people on the list have seen me train at two NEI workshops. Believe me, it is ONLY positive reinforcement at NEI. Your wording suggests...
Curtis wrote; "Maybe you should consider taking it as constructive criticism and try to fix those things? I'm sure your birds would appreciate it." Hi Curtis: ...
... fix ... Kiri does both ... moves towards the ... that's the problem ... it wasn't the ... how my birds ... part, I am ... Not using R- when you can use R+...
Curtis wrote: "Not using R- when you can use R+ and get a better result. When someone points something out that you could do to improve your training (using ...
Hi Janet and Curtis; Here are a few things that happened in the videos that I would like you to comment on: 1) What about "do better"? When Phinney or Kiri...
See what I'm talking about? You go off on these big long rants, asking the same question over and over and just getting ridiculous (reshooting videos for...
Curtis, I don't see it (R-). But I am not as experienced a trainer as you, either. I would appreciate it if you would point out and explain areas where Mona...
My original comments were not on the current set of videos she just sent. I briefly watched them and did see some of the things Janet mentioned in her posting....
OK I just went back and found the exact spot where I saw the R-. If you watch the Kiri video, at 4:14 into the video, just when she puts Kiri down in front of...
... critiqued..... ... WHY do you want us to comment on that shopping list 19 behaviors? Gee, I gave one itsy bitsy comment on your occasional (and unnoticed ...
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