I happened to be watching a show on dog training. The theme was being calm assertive and then presenting dominance traits. Well, I have still been having a small problem with Oscar wanting to bite me. I have had him 15 months. There is only my partner that shares our home and Oscar is my bird.
Today I believe I, and Oscar had a break through in our relationship.
Oscar was sitting on his play stand and I wanted to pick him up. In the past I have needed to get "the stick" for him to step up ( he will fight a little ) then he will step up onto my finger with no problem. No stick, bite guaranteed.
So today here he was sitting there and I wanted to pick him up.
I pondered how could I be calm assertive in this situation? He is fast and if I move fast at him I will scare him.
Well, I just heard this voice "Grab his tail, then put your finger out to get him to step up"
So, that is what I did and it worked like a charm.
This has been my goal for a long time and today I was able to practice this with him.
He is such a sweet bird.