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Re: Clicker Training
Posted by Brian on 11/28/06

On 11/28/06, Cindy A wrote:
> On 11/27/06, KittyJ wrote:
>> Does anyone have any good sites or advice on clicker
>> training? I wouldnt mindl earning how to do this :) Thanks
>
>

Cindy,

Well said. I agree with your reasonings too. I had thought
about the clicker training for my birds, but it was suggested
that I try and use my mouth to make a clicking sound moreso
than using some device. Just as you stated "emergencies" arise
and you have no time to be searching for your clicker when you
have a desperate situation on your hands. And believe me, it
does happen!
Thanks for your Great Advice, hope others learn from it.

Brian

Kitty,
> You may find more info on clicker training for dogs than for
> birds. I am not a fan of the whole concept. If you train any
> animal to obey your comand when it hears a noise (as in the
> clicker) it seems to me that you are also, even if
> unintentionally, training it to NOT obey unless they hear
> that sound. Unless you will always have the clicker in hand,
> you will not be able to have the bird do what you want. If
> you think of all of the unexpected things that may happen,
> you can imagine the possible problems with this system. I
can
> only shudder at what may have happened if I had used this
> system a while back when I accidentally left the cage door
> for my Goffin's Too open when changing her water. She got
out
> and went to the highest point. That was my pionus's cage. He
> likes to hang upside down from the bars on the top. She went
> up there and bit the underside of his toe! It was like a
> horror movie. The screaming (the pi and the too) the dogs
> barking, the cats yelling, the other 3 birds making all
kinds
> of nioses I'd never heard before. There is no way I would
> have been able to use a clicker, or even been able to
remeber
> where it was or get it in time, to have the Too step up so I
> could get her off of the other cage and back in her own so I
> could quickly tend to first aid for the poor pi that almost
> lost his toe.
>
> That may be an extreme case of a possible problem. That is
> the kind of question that you need to think about when
> something sounds too good to be true. I don't think you will
> find any of the negatives on any web site that is trying to
> sell this clicker system. That makes you a very wise "bird
> mom" for asking on a site that would be aware of the
downside
> as well as the pluses. It doesn't matter what the item is
> that is for sale- if someone is going to make $ from you
> buying it, they will only tell you the good points and will
> down play the problems if they mention them at all.
>
> Cindy A

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Clicker Training, 11/27/06, by KittyJ.
• Re: Clicker Training, 11/27/06, by helpful.
• Re: Clicker Training, 11/28/06, by Cindy A.
• Re: Clicker Training, 11/28/06, by Brian.
• Re: Clicker Training, 12/07/06, by Kitty.J.
• Re: Clicker Training, 12/07/06, by Kitty.J.
• Re: Clicker Training, 12/07/06, by helpful.
• Re: Clicker Training, 1/13/07, by KittyJ.