Please Help! Training sessions going all wrong

[AngelicaandBandit]

Hi everyone!
Okay im not sure if this is the right place to post but anyways, I've been having a problem with Bandit my RB2 during training sessions. I guess it started when I tried to train him on a stand (As some of you may know before I posted something about Bandit prefering to train on the floor then on a stand)
Anyways when I begin a training session he would start making this noise, I would say its screaming but its a sort of cross between a screeching and groaning? Noise and he would squat slightly with his wings slightly out and sway looking at me. The thing is he still does his spin trick, target and only SOMETIMES steps up. Except he is not fully focused, as in he does his spinning trick but not on cue anymore, he spins and spins pausing to look at me and doing that screeching noise. Its the noise he makes that really gets to me...

It started since I tried getting him to be comfortable training on a stand and within the last 2 or so weeks increased terribly. It makes every training almost unbearable and I cant teach him new tricks. He doesnt usually bite anymore but does sometimes when he is like this. He would only be quiet if I put him back in his cage and cover it for about five minutes and then I take him out and play with him. If I put him on the ground, or treat him or put him on a stand, anything to do with training he starts up again. Other then that he is sweet and lovely until training happens,

What am I suppose to do? I dont want to keep putting him back in his cage everytime or else he would associate his cage as a punishment and wont like being in it. Maybe i could get my sister to take a video while I try again if that would help.

Any advise would be very much appreciated. I have so many things I would love to teach Bandit which includes harness training so i can take him out but i cant do any training at the moment. Please help

 

[Featheredsamurai]

How old is he? That sounds like a young galah begging for food to me, there's a lot of really cute videos on YouTube of older babies being fed. They squat a little, put their wings out a little, sway back and forth, and make a terrible loud groaning screaming noise.

Getting a video would be a great idea.

 

[AngelicaandBandit]

Ohhhh, I positive that that is it. Because he does it when I give him one treat he does that and I noticed he does it if his dinner is late. My galah is 5 months old. Thanks so much. But how should I respond to this? Should I feed him before training? What do I do? I thought it was a behavioral issue but now its natural right. I'm not sure how I should respond... any ideas?

 

[ivysaur]

I'm no expert but I'd say, if he's asking so hard for more food, this is a great time to train? Because he'll do ANYTHING for that snack! Him doing the spinning trick over and over is his way of offering the behavior that he knows you like.

Like when you dog keeps giving you his paw without you asking. "Hey look! I'm doing that thing that got me snacks last time! Give snacks please!"

 

[MonicaMc]

I think the hardest part about training isn't necessarily training a behavior, but getting it on cue. Once an animal understands that performing a specific behavior is desirable, they'll keep doing that behavior to get rewarded for it, without being cued to do it.

The cage should not be used as a place of punishment (IMO). Is there another noise that your galah makes that you find pleasing? If so, you might try rewarding that noise instead?