Animal Training

19 Aug What’s the Difference in Using Systematic Desensitization versus Counter Conditioning in Animal Training?

Posted at 14:02h in Animal Training, Bird of Prey Training, Parrot Care and Husbandry, Parrot Training

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When we have an animal, or in our little avian saturated pocket of the world, a bird, that is showing fear, stress, aggression, or anxiety of some sort in response to a specific stimulus, traditionally we have turned toward procedures such as systematic desensitization or...

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05 Oct Target Training a Toucan and other Grab-and-Bite Animals

Posted at 14:41h in Animal Training, Parrot Training

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Target training is referred to often as a basic behavior, the first one we teach when we are working with an animal. It can be particularly helpful when working with animals that are particularly sensitive, reticent to engage, shy about taking food from us, or...

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16 Aug Donkeys vs. Flies – Positive reinforcement training in action

Posted at 18:12h in Animal Training, On the Ranch

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by Katie Pnewski Fly season is upon us, which our mini donkey’s aren’t a huge fan of, more specifically Louise. Louise is allergic to flies but she is also reactive towards fly spray. This is very common among equine species like horses and donkeys. The familiar...

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01 Jun Hooding and Birds of Prey

Posted at 14:47h in Animal Training, Bird of Prey Training

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Reprinted from our sister site, The Avian Behavior Lab If you have ever seen a bird of prey hooded sitting calmly, you might have wondered how a falconry hood works. Is the raptor calm because he is hooded or is he petrified in fear? Does it...

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08 May Should You Go Jess Free With Your Bird of Prey?

Posted at 10:26h in Animal Training, Bird of Prey Training, Food for Thought

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As we progress in our animal training technology, there are many practices that we are re-evaluating and refining, and with good reason. As we have discussed in our blog, podcasts, and from Day One of our online membership, the extensive and pervasive use of weight...

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11 Dec Gifts for Animal Lovers

Posted at 10:18h in Animal Training, On the Ranch

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This year, you can give unique gifts to your outdoor-living, animal loving, animal training, and bird crazy friends and family this holiday season! We have incredibly beautiful calendars and greeting cards featuring our birds of prey, gorgeous crane and stunning raven. Proceeds are going to conservation...

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10 Dec Why Does He Sound that Way? Larue the Crested Caracara’s Vocalizations

Posted at 20:04h in Animal Training, Conservation

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Larue the Northern Crested Caracara is a popular little bird on our Instagram, and it’s not hardto see why. He is incredibly expressive the way he raises and lowers his miniature crest, stands on his falcon toes when he is curious about something, responds to...

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02 Oct Seven Tips to Building Trust with Birds of Prey

Posted at 09:27h in Animal Training, Bird of Prey Training

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This past month, we had a webinar on how to build motivation in birds of prey and published our article that outlines our weight management philosophies (or lack thereof, as it is in some cases!). Often we think of training birds of prey as fairly...

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09 Sep Secondary Reinforcers: The Devil You Don’t Know

Posted at 09:23h in Animal Training, Bird of Prey Training, Parrot Training

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Do you have a parrot that does not stop screaming and you don’t know why? Or has your bird suddenly refused to step up any more and you can’t figure it out? In an educational program at your zoo, does your bird prefer to sit...

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04 Sep Weight Management and Free Flight Bird Programs

Posted at 09:18h in Animal Training, Bird of Prey Training

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When I first started flying my parrots with my mentor Dean in the year 2000, I had never heard of weight management. Our version of creating motivation was flying before meal times and perhaps keeping a light dinner prior the parrot’s first flight and training...

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