The Way To Train Lovebirds - A Few Fun Tricks For Any Lovebird
This brief article discusses how to train lovebirds and a few entertaining tricks you can teach any lovebird. The basis for each trick is the same, tell them what to do, reward the action each time, be consistent and have lots of fun.
1. Make a Basket: Ever seen a lovebird play basketball? Sure, they aren't able to use a standard basketball since they would most likely get flattened, but if you own a small bird size ball and also a home made hoop, you can teach your lovebird how to shoot and score. Start off by demonstrating to the bird what you want them to do, use verbal commands and a bunch of treats and praise and relatively soon they will put the ball in the hoop on their own. A few birds will learn incredibly quickly, while others will take a little bit more time, but it can be done and after you master this trick the sky is the limit to what they can be taught.
2. Put Away Toys: Wouldn't you really like a bird that could clean up after itself? Now you can, just show them what to do and lead them to do it themselves. To begin, spread a couple of coins out in front of your bird and have a bucket close by that they can place the coins into. Explain to them what you want them to do and award them a treat after the coin goes into the bucket. Like all tricks, use the verbal cues you want connected with this trick, like "pick up your toys" and tap your fingers in front of the coin. Once the bird has correctly picked up the coin and placed it into the bucket give them a lot of praise so that they know without a doubt what they just accomplished was good. They will do this again and again when they know that a reward is waiting for them when they do it.
3. Slide: Birds love playgrounds too, yet very rarely do they own slides that are their size. You can quite easily create them a slide with a ladder that they can climb up. It is usually pretty easy to get a bird to climb up the ladder and getting them to slide down a slide just takes a few attempts. Once they have slid down the slide reward them and tell them to do it again. This game never gets old, for either of you.
In this article we looked at how to train a lovebird and three fun tricks you can begin training your bird today. Whip up a bird sized basketball hoop and begin teaching them how to shoot a ball into it, demonstrate to them how to clean up their toys and even how to take a trip down a lovebird slide. There are a number of other tricks you can teach your bird, but these three are great fun so get started working on them right away, complete one before going on to the next one to prevent confusing your bird.
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