I love to see these training sessions! Real people with real problems and real (easy) solutions.

Awe this makes me tear up. I use to have an Indian ring neck. She was my favorite gal. I went through a divorce a few years ago and I couldn't take care of her anymore . I found a home for her. But I still miss her every day.

As an indian ringneck owner, the little ringneck chirps and tweets and singing makes ridiculously happy😂

The way he immediately walks over to touch the stick is exactly why Indian ringnecks are my favorite species to train. They’re so curious and eager to train.

Over coming language barriers by creating common language- this is how you start! This is a video I could show my Hebrew speaking mom so she could relate and engage more. this is epic.

Persistence and patience seem to be the key with members of the parrot family - in my limited experience. They are very intelligent birds.

this bird so easy perfect bird to train very responsive

Target training is such an essential skill! Well conveyed to the people you were teaching!

Amazing session. Dave really has a gift of training. I love Indian ringnecks. This one is so cute 😍

I just got an IRN cause nobody wanted her cause she's grumpy. She just needs time, love, and patience. This really helps thank you.

I’m adding a ring neck to my flock soon so this will rlly help!

Whaaaaooooooo!! I am almost in the exact same situation with my 2 Indian Ringnecks, that were just dumped by someone who didn't care & just wanted them for show.

I missed the premiere, but I would love more small bird content! I feel out of the small birds there a lot of conures, I would love cockatiel content!

❤️I’ll be up, dressed, coffee in hand, Mina in front of TV, we’re ready!❤️❤️❤️NANA💖🦜🕊

I love that Indian ringneck. So cute!🐦

I literally just took notes that we learn through gaining pleasure and avoiding pain, and the learning modes; how, what, why, what if. I’d love to see them teach how to train people! As a teacher with a class pet bird 🥰 I am learning for my students and bird, but 25 at the same time introduces a lot of variables 🤯🤪

I don't have a bird, but I love watching these videos! Indian Ringneck Parrots are so beautiful! Love what you both do for bird/pet owners 🥰

I love these basics training video. Just seeing what we know over and over again with different people and situations. I can relate to the guy!

I can’t wait for this video to come out 🥰❤️❤️🥳🥳

I can’t wait to see the birds 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🎉🎉🎉🎉💖 love you bird tricks 💖💖

Thank you so much for your target training video. My budgies were so scared of me and now I hold out millet in my hand and they come and sit there. The problem used to be trying to get them to come over to me and now they won't leave me. Thank you,you don't know how much it means.😊🤩😍👌👍

Thank you so much for your videos. I just adopted an adult rescue IRN. Learning so much

Omg I have the same issues with my 2 IRN I just did this and it works! More videos please!

Dave you might think about how people take in information as in visual/auditory/kinesthetic/tactual. This man is a visual which means when they are focused with their eyes and concentration they will not hear you. (why he did not hear when you said cage instead of T stand) Visual learners you need more pauses so they can focus on what you are telling them. Once they are engaged they will have a much harder time changing on the fly (which is why they are more focused on what they should and should not do because they are prepared prior to doing the action where as auditory tend to be more in the moment and see what happens kind of thinkers. You have a harder time teaching them because I would guess you are more auditory with a kinesthetic kick. :) but the good news is auditorys are better at learning and adapting to other people's learning because they do not have to be as focused on what they are doing as someone who is visual dominant freeing up brain space to adapt to the person's learning style. (not that visuals are worse at it it just takes more energy for them) Things I have noticed about visual learners. (because I also have had a harder time learning how to teach them) They tend to be more effectively introverted, more trinitite doing something they do not fully understand (want to know exactly what to do before doing it,) do not take in information if they are not looking at you, very good at focusing on what they are doing but hard to break that focus without physical touch(I have literally had a dad of a student working on his laptop and we had the whole room paying attention to us trying to get his attention before someone poked him and got him to look over. lol) they also tend to have difficulty with depth understanding because they rely on visual processing and thus sometimes do not practice spatial as readily. I could have about told you he was visual by the body language when he was prepping to do what you had instructed. You can see the step by step process going through his thought as he does it. They tend to keep their limbs closer into their body and have more reserved body language. (all this is relative to culture and other environmental concerns but it is a piece of the puzzle and so I mention it) I would love to talk to you about human body language in regards to teaching. :) I think you would find it fascinating.

He's so cute. I've never seen a lavender Indian ring neck before.

My IRN is almost 3 years old and the absolute love of my life, got him as a baby, 6 weeks old, has never bitten however I do respect his boundaries. Seriously need to begin target training but most concerned about teaching him recall just incase heaven forbid he gets out. Love your training videos.

Love this guy! "Birds do things to gain pleasure or avoid pain...so they're basically people with wiings LOL. Very good trainer.

I’m gona start following these steps to train my parrot starting tomorrow

I could watch forever! So interesting! I have a 4 month jenday conure and he is allover the place, not paying attention to the stick nor treat, always flying on us. Now I understand that there are many factors that encourage the behavior of not wanting to focus. Treat value and consistency in the basic training steps. Many thanks for these content❤️

Thank you. This was great to watch. 👍

Very helpful as always. I would never have thought of a why or what person before, that's so interesting. I think I'm a why only cus I'm always say but why not!!!

I love how much of your job is training the trainers not the parrots. I'm also stealing some of your techniques of explaining things with this gentleman for use with my husband, I could see so many similarities between how they both process information.

i have had my IRN for over a year and he still hates me... hopefully this helps 😁

New ringneck owner, hopefully this helps. They're really unique from other birds.

I bet you two have a lot of seeds in your washing machine 😃 Love your videos.

This is the nature of them. They are super loud and do scream often. Even though you buy them many toys they like to explore the house and chew every stuff they see. So if we want them as pets then we have to accept them as who they are 🙂

My dream bird is a blue Indian ring neck!

yes!! i have an Indian ring neck parakeet and this is SO helpful!! thank you x

wow i was the 1000th like

Yay looking forward to watching and learning ♡

Yay some more ringneck stuff!!

Aaah that never works for my Indian ringneck! He's too smart for a target training session .. he ended up training me to give him the treat when he goes in search for the stick and the clicker ! so I had to stop training him because he stopped eating his meals just for the sake of having treats all the time ! Never seen a very smart bird like him before .. little genius !

9:17 AM. Great video. I love watching all training videos. I wonder if the noise from the other birds is a deterrent for the bird that is being trained? All in all....loved this video.❤️💖🦜🕊😂NanaJanet💙💕👏🏻

Great as usual!! Always informative too!!

Amazing, thanks guys!

Learning so much From your Video Thank you ❤

Hi, just brought home a parakeet. I implemented the stick recall/reward system you showed in one of your videos. We also enticed him to be comfortable perching on us. The only catch is that as soon as there is no millet in the equation he is not with it anymore and loses all trust for us. Any advice as to how we can gain his complete trust without the constant need for millet to facilitate any and all of our interactions? BTW LOVE THE VIDEOS AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! :)

Yay!!! Its starting!!!

I got soo excited when i saw title of video because i have ringneck too and he is problematic sometimes, it feels like he get mad for few seconds out of nowhere and than he is trying to be cute because he knows he did somethink bad

You make it look so easy!

What do you want to fix? “He bites my fingers and randomly screams for no reason.” What you need is a cat.

I have an Indian ringneck and he learns so fats. Almost too fast because he then gets bored. Anyways I’m glad you made a video about this unique species!

Love to learn from this... thank you guys'

Was that Fable the galah near the sofa? Adorable anyway ♥️!

What type of treats are best for training

I’d love to know if these people after 3 years, still have this gorgeous Indian Ringneck Parrot 🦜. I hope, they got a different less complex pet. Also, this man (not sure about his very quiet wife) doesn’t understand even 1/5 of the training steps Dave is trying to tell him. Dave probably needed to speak much more slowly. I think, JamieLeigh who repeats a lot of her instructions in different ways, would have allowed him to comprehend training. But I guess, Jamie wouldn’t be as regarded as the most knowledgeable. 🤷🏽‍♂️. Wonder if they wanted this bird just because of its colorful beauty? Who knows? But I’d REALLY love to know if this 🦜 still lives with this couple.

Can not wait for this :D

Where did you get the 4 learning types (how, what, why, what if)? Is that a book?

Can't wait!!!🐦💚

Will try on my Quaker, Charlie. 😁

Did y'all rig up a camera tripod to use as a training stand? That is honestly brilliant!!! A family friend wants to get rid of their 11 year old budgie and I really want to take her in and give her the best end if her life possible. I have done a few years of research and have the time and money for her I just need to convince my mom. She loves all of my reptiles and mammals but is a little weary of a bird.

May I ask what treat you can give to your IRN?

i just got my indain ringneck yesterday and he keeps screaming very loudly. any advice on how i can deal with that?

Hello birdtrick, i have two indian ringneck parrots i feed then hand feed formula so should i wait to train them till switch to solid foods, hope you'll reply ❤❤❤❤ btw love your videos, (regards sam)

What do I use for treats?

Geez they have such big tails I never knew that

I have 2 ringnecks, a male and a female. They have been together since they were babies; hatched 2 weeks apart. I'm having difficulty training them. I have tried one out if the cage at a time but they both don't like to be separated from each other and the one out of the cage doesn't pay attention to me and their goal is to get back together. If they are both out and try to train they feed off of each other like two 2 year olds with ADHD. How do I go about training them? Separate or apart?

Hello could you tell me if it's ok to give your ringneck a mirror in his cage or would it make him agresive. Thank you as I have just rescued him.

He just described my love bird she played with her toys tho but love chewing on my blinds

cant wait to watch the vid a 9:00 sharp and I made 35 bags of chop today I will send a pic

Do you guys have any book recommendations for the different types of learners which might help correlate to training? Dave mentions books a lot so I was just curious :)

Hi there my Ringneck he is chewing off his own wing I'm not sure what to do to prevent more damage ..?? Please help 🙏😢

I’m planning on getting a Indian ring neck I have previous experience with a caique and I’ve done about 80 hours of research on parrots good diets, good cages, and the amount of attention they need and also how to treat them well so they can treat you as a friend I hope I’m ready.

What kind of treats do you use ?

What kind of treats or rewards to give when training or interacting with IRN?

I have a sun conure it's about 2 1/2 months old so i'm free flight training it but i'm not sure if i'm doing it right and it also just wants to stay on my shoulder and when i walk away from the perch it flies to me it's getting really annoying. Can u plz make a video on how to stop it from being so attached to me and how to free flight a sun conure and some other random facts that i should know about sun conures plz?

How do I train a small bird like a love bird I’ve tried a lot of different ways and spent all the time I can get with them but they are still very scared of me

I'm lucky that my two IRN boys are pretty friendly and don't bite, but deterring them from other mischievous behavior is another matter entirely. And god help me when I have to get two of them in their travel cage!!

Could you please come up with tutorials for an alexandrine parakeet. Please.

What are u giving him to eat?

What's the treat you're giving him?

i have a question. So i own a budgie and his bottom beak is empty in the middle like its not attached to the skin is that normal?

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What is the name of this treat?

I have a 17 year old african grey that i really need help with hes so unpredictable its like fliping a coin weather hes gonna bite or not, his original owner died and he took to me ive had him for about a year and i refuse to get rid of him cause im so afraid sombody will be mean to him plz help ive tried everything

Dave, you needed to simplify your words for the gentleman

I wish there was a video on KZfaq where someone can help with an IRN that freaks when you get close! All videos I have seen on taming IRNs start with the bird comfortable when near their owner. I cannot hold a pea (her fav treat) around 5 cm from the cage (outside) without her flapping around. How do I tame my IRN when she is very very timid?

I’m early!!!

Raygun activated

Where is Touche now?

What if your bird isn’t food motivated?

My uncle found 12 indinring nenk just flying oír side his house Do we leve themes or chat them

حبيبي 😉💜😙😍

My mum and me want a ring neck is it worth it

Love your videos and I have a question, and I will probably be doing some of your consultations soon - I am in the process of being reviewed to be approved to adopt a rescue parrotlet. The local bird rescue is notoriously difficult and has very mixed reviews on yelp, so I won’t be shocked if they reject us for any number of reasons. But I’ll keep trying to get from a rescue instead of a pet shop. My question is, however, for the sole perspective of pet ownership, is it better to get a 1-2 year old bird from a rescue that might already have behavioral issues and trauma? Or to start fresh with a younger bird from a breeder that I can mess up myself? 🤩 (Ethically, I know the right thing to do is to go with the rescue, but going through these crazy bird people in this local rescue is proving to be quite an ordeal)

Now l understood why my parrot bite it and dont want leave it😄

My indian ringneack died 2 weeks ago this video is so sad for me :(

Hi! I have a 1 year old ring neck who has baffled me! He is so anxious, afraid of everything even me. I brought him when he was about 3 months old. We also have a cockatiel. He only likes her & even sounds like her. We removed the cockatiel for a few days. But he is still very anxious. Only wants to go to his cage. He doesn't like any human contact. He steps up good, he takes treats from our hands but still as soon as you let him be free, he just wants to go in the cage. I tried taking the cage away for a few hours, he would sit on my shoulder, anxiously. Does not take treats on my shoulder or hand, never! Only take it and go to the cage to eat it otherwisehe drops it. I don't know what to do with him. I took away the food but offered him food many times. He is just too afraid to come, sit and eat! I give him treats when he does good but again, he takes it & run away! He gets afraid and tries to fly away and starts to breath rapidly, his eyes show fear until he is back on his cage, he goes in and doesn't come out. He has only been with us, I just don't know what to do anymore. Please help me! I'm desperate! We love him but we don't understand his behavior. Never had a bird like him althou we'vehad birds, even ring necks before. He just reminds me a lot of an autistic child, no offense to anyone. He just doesn't wanna interact with us. I'm really out of options or new methods. He is very smart but it seems he has social anxiety even towards us! And we've been living at home since the pandemic started! He has seen us, we have talked & interacted with him for almost a year, but still, no results. Please help me, I don't know where else to go for help. Even his breeder doesn't know what to do. His brothers & sisters are much better. 😔 thank you for everything you teach us.

My birds won’t go near anyone’s hands let alone train☹️ any tips?

Early!