KEEP YOUR PARROT STIMULATED AND ACTIVE, AND HE WILL KEEP YOU ENTERTAINED
By nature, parrots are inquisitive, intelligent, and social animals. You can capitalize on these characteristics and obedience train your bird, teaching him behaviors that will make your life and his more enjoyable--behaviors such as stepping on your hand or wrist on command, and going to a designated perch. Then you can progress to teach him all kinds of tricks. He'll love the attention, communication, and socialization. From the essential basics of obedience training to awesome tricks that will amuse and amaze your friends, Parrot Tricks covers:
* Techniques to use during the ""get acquainted"" period
* Setting up a training area and using food as a training tool
* Training basics such as targeting, luring, and using cues
* Necessary obedience skills such as step up, come, perch, and stay
* The basic retrieve command, the foundation of many tricks
* Simple tricks such as shake hands, high five, kiss, and take a bow
* Tricks based on the retrieve command, including basketball, ring on the peg, and stacking cups
* Advanced tricks such as pulling a wagon, pushing a grocery cart, raising a flag, and riding a skateboard
* Innovative tricks that showcase your bird's natural abilities
* Chaining tricks, such as recycling and going to the mailbox
* Verbalizations and talking using the Rival/Model Method or the Positive Reward Method
* Directions for making simple props

With this book, patience, and practice, you'll build your understanding of and relationship with your bird as you build a repertoire of tricks. You can get your parrot to jump through hoops for you--literally

From two noted experts, the first in-depth book on teaching a bird to talk

Teaching a bird to talk isn’t as difficult as it may seem. This easy-to-follow book walks the reader step by step through the behavioral mechanics of teaching a bird to talk, covering the species likely to talk, the anatomical reasons a bird can talk, and the way a parrot picks up language. It explores field research showing that parrots have regional languages and dialects in the wild and also takes a close look at the work of Dr. Irene Pepperberg, an undisputed authority and well-known researcher in the field of parrot intelligence, who was interviewed extensively for this book.

Diane Grindol (Pacific Grove, CA) is a columnist for Bird Talk magazine and the author of Cockatiels For Dummies (0-7645-5311-9). She holds educational seminars for companion bird owners and speaks regularly at bird clubs and avian events throughout the United States. Tom Roudybush, MS (Placerville, CA), is the President of Roudybush Inc., a bird feed company. He lectures on avian nutrition to both veterinary and pet-owning audiences throughout the world.

The pet bird population continues to rise and bird fanciers love canaries. As clearly demonstrated by Tweetie, canaries are fun-but they're also beautiful birds that are available in a variety of stunning colors. This book will provide new canary owners with everything they need to know to properly house, feed and maintain the health of their bird.

You love your pet bird, even when he misbehaves, but how can you train him with compassion? Birds off the Perch proves that rewarding good behavior is kinder and more effective than traditional discipline through punishment. This revolutionary approach combines the expertise of an animal behaviorist, a companion parrot consultant and a veterinarian who use "family therapy techniques" -- such as learning to respect the bird's boundaries and viewing sibling rivalry in a broad, environmental context -- to help you change the mischievous behavior of domesticated birds, including:

With additional chapters on choosing the right species for your family, breeding behavior and the appropriate medical care for your bird, Birds off the Perch is the only guide you'll need to keep your pet birds healthy and happy.

Full color photos of many dog breeds accompanied by succinct, elegant haiku poems. The essence of a breed is summed up in 17 syllables and beautiful photos. Great gift for the dog lover.

This is a luscious book to savor if you love food and cooking. Elegant, spare haiku poems are accompanied by lavish photographs of food and food preparation. There are recipes in this book meant to be springboards for the imagination of the creative cook. A few "recipes" actually are composed of the 17 syllables of a haiku poem. Enjoy and savor this book.

A gift book for the horse lover. Spare but lovely Japanese haiku poems accompanied by beautiful photos of horses explore being a horse, loving a horse and wishing for a horse. One section even acknowledges beloved horse books.

A delightful look, in full color, at the world of parrots as companion birds. From budgies to macaws, many are pictured. Bird owners and bird lovers will identify with the haiku poems describing companion birds, living with birds, loving birds and marvelling at birds in their color and variety.

A gift book or self-indulgence for the cat lover. Catku is loaded with spare Japanese three-line haiku poems about cats, living with cats, catty ways and what a cat would say if it talked. Then there is special mention of special cats, including Jello, a therapy cat to whom this book is dedicated. Each poem is illustrated by a photograph. Cats, cats cats throughout. You'll laugh, cry and nod in agreement. Get this book today.

Delightful haiku poems, each illustrated with a photo. You'll laugh and cry as you savor the pages of this great dog gift book. Poems are observations about being a dog, having a dog, loving dogs. There's a chapter on service dogs. Order two today - one as a gift and one to keep

A book of haiku poems and accompanying photos that celebrate those who rescue dogs. It includes tributes to individuals, organizations and happenstance that brings dogs needing homes together with their forever homes. Some of the poems are funny, many are poignant, and a few take the dog's point of view. Each poem is accompanied by a photo of an actual rescued dog.