Tangos first extended outdoors tine with a harness!

[GreenCheek44]

At long last! And I mean longgggg. I bought this harness for him a very long time ago and with the help of sunflower seeds, patience and a lot of luck he finally stuck his head though! He was so excited to be outside he stopped trying to bite his way through! He also really liked being around the entire family group of people and dogs on a walk together lol. He even got to go inside the pet store and pick out a toy.

 

[wrench13]

Patience pays off! Great news, I hope Tango LOVES being outside!

 

[Laurasea]

Great job!!@ impressive!

 

[Dandy]

Yay! He looks so happy I hope he loves being outdoors! My conure will willingly stick his head through for some millet, but then freaks out when I try to touch his wings, which he will normally let me do when no harness is around.

 

[T00tsyd]

That inspires me to start trying again with Syd. He will put his head through too and let me hold his wings but the last time I showed him the harness he just didn't want to know. Then the weather got really cold. I have been going slowly for 2 years so far.

Bribery? Hah! He grabs it and runs! No flies on him! I just feel that if we could just get as far as going outside together he would understand and realise the point.

 

[wrench13]

A quick video early on in Salty's harness training. You gotta lure them thru the head loop and then keep feeding them treats while their head is in it. Take heart - it took me almost a year of every night training to get Salty to accept the harness easily. We still put it on for training at least 1-2 times a week even if we dont go outside.

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[fuad]

Hey thanks for posting! I will definitely try harder to get my Sunny to do the same. glad you're reaping the benefits of your perseverance!

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[SailBoat]

A Heartfelt Congratulations!!! It is a true Win Win for everyone!

FYI: Assure you know what is over head! Each region is different as to what is hunting the sky above you! May want to look for a hat with a full brim to provide some shade as you get far more Bright Sunshine than we do.

 

[GreenCheek44]

im very vigilant in looking out for hawks! I actually had a Cooper's Hawk fly into my window last month trying to get my budgie! He must have been starving because I rarely see hawks around my neighborhood with so many cars and people. They usually hangout by the freeways and toll roads. For what its worth he comes on walks with me, my family, our 130 pound Dogo argentino, and Huskey. Would a hawk be less likely to strike if hes surrounded by people and 2 big wolves?

Also, I thought the sunlight was good for them? Should I not be exposing him to as much light?

 

[SailBoat]

Sunlight is important, but the goal is to provide them the opportunity to step-out of it when they become hot or if they see something in the skies above.

As you have seen, a hungry Hawk will attempt to fly into a home for a meal. Grabbing a Parrot from your shoulder is not a challenge, even with the family near.

 

[wrench13]

Re: hawks, there is a YT video of a hawk trying to take a U2 off the shoulder of presenter at a Florida bird show, right in the middle of the show, surrounded by hundreds of people. So yeah don't think your dogs or other people are gonna deter a hungry hawk.

 

[MayteAndJolijn]

That's so adorable! He gets the same proud happy face my Fishie does when he did something well. may I ask, which harness did you use? I'm always crazy scared my birdies will find a way out of it, or find some ways to escape. I've wanted to try harness training in the past but this fear always stops me. My feathery fellahs haven't been clipped, and one of em is so enthusiastic that no amount of target sticks or sunflower seeds would lure him back if he were to get away. The other one is more dependent on us, and for him it wouldn't be such a problem...

 

[wrench13]

Parrots are funny. Some birds get harnesses in a matter of days, and some like mine took a lot of investment in time and training to be OK with putting it on ( the hardest part), not attacking it once on ( took me 2 harnesses before he quit doing that), and last is taking it off (Crucial. But most likely but not the hardest thing for them to learn). Even a determined attack on the harness will not break it right away, you'll clearly know when the harness needs replacing. My little Amazon chewed about 1/2 way thru one strap before I replaced it. Even then, it took maybe 15 times of wearing it for an hour or more before he did that, and I couldn't break the chewed strap but I replaced it anyway. I use , and most use, the Aviator harness.