Mom got up before dad today and gave me breakfast so when Dad came down with the stick I wasn't really interested in playing any games.
Dad took my bowl away though 2 hours later. I tried begging for treats throughout the day. I did all my human-calls, but mostly the three that seem to have gotten me nuts most often in the past; "Hello", "How are you" and "I love you". Mom gave me a nut once. That was nice, but it wore off so I was pretty hungry around dinner when Dad showed up with more orange and the stick.
I'm a smart bird! I have this all figured out. Wherever dad put the stick, I went there and grabbed it, and i got a click and some orange! Dad even tried to fool me by putting the stick out at the end of the open door of my cage but I climbed down from the top and got it anyway!
I could have done this all night, but after Dad and me went through most of an orange, he got tired and brought my food bowl.
Jeff Comments:
Its day 3 and Pickles is right on schedule. He missed his morning training but this evening he clearly had the idea down. I decided to quit on high note while he was still enjoying it rather then pushing it til he started getting bored or grumpy.
To celebrate tonight we are buying as bird scale and Ill see if I can use the stick to get him to step up on it this weekend.
This weekend I'm also thinking I'll start training my wife to "play the stick game" (my part not Pickles part) so she can keep him practicing while I'm away on business.
Dad took my bowl away though 2 hours later. I tried begging for treats throughout the day. I did all my human-calls, but mostly the three that seem to have gotten me nuts most often in the past; "Hello", "How are you" and "I love you". Mom gave me a nut once. That was nice, but it wore off so I was pretty hungry around dinner when Dad showed up with more orange and the stick.
I'm a smart bird! I have this all figured out. Wherever dad put the stick, I went there and grabbed it, and i got a click and some orange! Dad even tried to fool me by putting the stick out at the end of the open door of my cage but I climbed down from the top and got it anyway!
I could have done this all night, but after Dad and me went through most of an orange, he got tired and brought my food bowl.
Jeff Comments:
Its day 3 and Pickles is right on schedule. He missed his morning training but this evening he clearly had the idea down. I decided to quit on high note while he was still enjoying it rather then pushing it til he started getting bored or grumpy.
To celebrate tonight we are buying as bird scale and Ill see if I can use the stick to get him to step up on it this weekend.
This weekend I'm also thinking I'll start training my wife to "play the stick game" (my part not Pickles part) so she can keep him practicing while I'm away on business.
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