There is a wide variety of parrots available to choose to own as pets. However, many choose parrots specifically for their ability to mimic, speak, and accomplish tricks. To best entertain, choosing the right breed, providing it with a loving, stable environment, and keeping training sessions short, but routine will allow owners to make their parrots the best trick performers they can be.
Specific breeds can easily be taught to accomplish tricks are: Conures, Macaws, Cockatoos, Parakeet, Budgies, and Lovebirds. Other breeds are able to learn tricks, but these particular breeds can accomplish trick training at a faster and easier rate. Choosing one of these breeds will allow for less trick training frustration and greater chances for success.
It's also important when purchasing a parrot to choose one that has been hand reared by a reputable breeder. Hand rearing allows for routine owner and parrot contact to occur from birth. This routine contact while feeding will ensure that the bird you purchase will have been used to being held, handled, and touched. The bird must trust their owner enough to take food directly out of an owner's hand. It must be tame and ready to be handled before any trick training routine can commence.
Next, it is necessary to establish a training room. The training room must be a room that the parrot has previously been allowed to explore, a room he feels comfortable in. This room must be a quiet room, free from distractions such as other parrots, children, television, or phones. A room that is quiet and comfortable is important. When trick training, an owner will need their parrot's complete attention. Eliminating stress like excessive noise will aid in having its complete trick learning attention.
Training sessions should be kept short. Parrots are curious creatures that can bore easily. Keeping trick training at a routine time, for a short period of time, will increase success rates. It will also decrease the risk of frustration for both parrot and owner. Tricks such as "Step Up", "Turn Around", and "Bow" are basic tricks that can be learned quickly. There are many comprehensive videos, CDs, and books available to assist in the trick instruction process.
Parrots have wonderful memories and can learn easily if their owners are prepared to fully commit to trick training. Trick training requires a tame breed foundation, followed by educated owners, and a stable, quiet learning routine and environment. When all these aspects of trick training are combined, parrots will excel with their learning abilities. This will create a strong parrot/owner bond that will be a wonderful basis for lifelong companionship.
Patrick Dell is a parrot trick expert. For more great information on parrot tricks, visit http://www.myparrotcaresecrets.com
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