Here is a short (20 s) video of Ollie running through a few tricks: recall, "bat", and wave!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oVIrrqt_3o

That's fab, Camille!! Thanks for sharing!

What a smart girl! Great video!

Thanks guys!

VERY cool and super cute! I have been working on the "bat" one with Jasmine, however we call it "flip" because she goes all the way around!

What is the easiest way to teach recall?

What a super sweet girl Ollie is! She's so smart! I've watched a few of your videos after this one.

How did you teach her to fly to you? I"d like to teach Humphrey that, as she is flighted.

Teaching Ollie recall was very very easy. She was constantly flying to me anyways, so I just decided to give her a word for it. Whenever she would fly to me I would say "come'ere." AFter awhile I started holding her favorite treat and giving her the command "come'ere". She will do anything for an almond, so she flies right to me.

Just use their favorite treat. Start like, a foot away from them (or less if you need to), and hold your (receiving) hand out with their treat clearly visible in your other hand. If they want the treat, they will have to fly to you. Increase the distance between you and your bird as they learn. Ollie will now fly through a doorway and around a corner to me when I call her.

Very good, Ollie!!

Michele, I taught Jerry recall the same way as Camille. Now we usually just hold up our hand with a finger sticking out like as perch, say "Come here, Jare!" and he flies right over and hits that perch every time Although he's not 100% recall trained, he comes about 70-80% when he's not distracted. But we don't reinforce the training as much as we should so at the moment we're perfectly happy with the percentage of recall.

go Ollie! go Ollie!!

Awww, she is so clever!!!