Today was Marvin's second Clicker Association training session. It went pretty well I would say. He was less nervous with being hand fed millet, and he also went for the millet multiple times which let me get in many clicks. I believe this is good progress and a few more good days like this and we could move on to target training and then to some other simple tricks.
With training Marvin there are a lot of variables that come into play more than just his age. There is the fact that he seems to rather be in his cage than to be out on the training perch or on a play stand, which makes him fairly nervous and always looking for a "way out" to get back to his cage. He has a strong attachment to mirrors; and in most cases will only sing or perform while in front of one, which could prove difficult when wanting him to perform when there is no mirror. However I see this project going in a good direction, and hopefully I can prove that you can teach an old bird new tricks.
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