Parrot Training: A Guide to Taming and Gentling Your Avian Companion
Originally published as The Pleasure of Their Company: An Owner's Guide to Parrot Training, this amply illustrated book is just what parrot owners need to bring up happy, well-behaved pets. You get:
- Hands-on advice from one of the nation's foremost parrot authorities
- A thorough explanation of "normal" parrot behavior and the benefits of training
- Coverage of everything from gentling fledglings and basic obedience to potty training, speech, and tricks
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Book details
- Author
- Bonnie Munro Doane
- Imprint
- Howell Book House, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Pets › Birds
- Topics
- parrot behavior · parrots as pets · bird care · obedience training · speech and tricks · potty training
- ISBN-13
- 9780764563270
About the author
BONNIE MUNRO DOANE, RN, BSN, MSN, is an aviculturist and parrot authority with nearly twenty years of experience working with parrots as a pet owner and breeder. Her books include Parrot Training, The Pleasure of Their Company and My Parrot, My Friend: An Owner’s Guide to Parrot Behavior.
Doane has been a member of the Association of Avian Veterinarians since 1987 and received federal approval from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to breed Vinaceous and Cuban Amazons and Queen of Bavaria Conures, all endangered species.
When she’s not writing, Doane draws on broad hands-on experience in parrot behavior, husbandry, nutrition, and the breeding and rearing of many parrot species. Much of her work addresses the practical and medical needs of parrots in human care.