The Pleasure of Their Company: An Owner's Guide to Parrot Training
The text discusses the reasons for training a parrot, how an owner's behavior influences training results, working with baby birds and weanlings, three basic obedience skills and training techniques for adult parrots. You will find chapters on potty training to help your parrot clean up its act; speech training that makes your parrot more fun to be with and some intriguing examples of parrots really knowing what they're saying; trick training that allows a parrot to use its nimble mind and dexterous body together and some valuable insights on fun and games with your parrot to enjoy your relationship fully. With delightful illustrations by parrot lover Richard Cole and a wealth of practical guidance, The Pleasure of Their Company is the gift you give yourself and your parrot to make life better for you both.
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Book details
- Author
- Bonnie Munro Doane
- Imprint
- Howell Book House, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 224
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Pets › Birds
- Topics
- pet parrots · bird care · parrot behavior · speech training · potty training parrots · parrot communication
- ISBN-13
- 9780876055946
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.