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	<title>Bird Training Blog &#187; Ethics</title>
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	<description>A Blog by Sid Price, dedicated to Operant Conditioning and Applied Behavior Analysis</description>
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		<title>How can I stop my parrot (insert behavior)?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 04:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sid Price</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coercion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can’t tell you how many times I have been asked a question like the following: How can I stop my parrot screaming? How can I stop my parrot biting? How can I stop my parrot (insert unwanted behavior)? I am sure you see the pattern here; asking this kind of questions doesn’t lead to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting your Training Perspective Right</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sid Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our upbringing and socialization are responsible for the way we approach pretty much everything in life and training is no different. I have written before about the language we use when we speak about training. While watching a PBS program about wild horse management in the western USA I saw an interview with Ginger Kathrens of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Flying Companion Parrots</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sid Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a growing interest in the companion parrot world in keeping birds fully flighted, i.e. not clipping wings. As someone who keeps fully flighted birds and flies them in many varied locations for the public there is a part of me that really thinks this is the only way to go. However, I also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reducing behavior means punishment occurred &#8211; not!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sid Price</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dr Susan Friedman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When there is a reduction in behavior punishment is always in play! Once again I saw this used in a discussion in an Internet group. The discussion centered around the reduction of unwanted behavior, in the particular case it was a free flying bird landing on strangers. I don’t intend to address the poor strategies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Training Secrets</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sid Price</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reinforcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sid Price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jackpots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parrot training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Random Rewards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that my (enable sarcasm) favorite internet bird trainers (sarcasm off … for now) have discovered two new and powerful techniques that we professionals have been hiding because we purposely use words they can’t understand, or more accurately that they claim the average parrot owner doesn’t understand. While this new “secret” is flawed on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethical training as a way of life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sid Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following was written as my &#8220;Letter from the President&#8221; in the current issue of the International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators Flyer member&#8217;s magazine. I received emails and even a phone call or two from my IAATE collegues who had found it useful and even inspirational. I believe it is worth publishing to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We are all trainers … all the time.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sid Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw the following post on Facebook recently and it reminded me of something that I believe every animal owner is apt to forget, and that is that we are ALL trainers ALL the time I&#8217;ve had birds all my life, though admittedly no parrots larger than a cockatiel. I tend to be permissive and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Coercion-free New Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sid Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First I wish a Happy and Prosperous New Year to you and your family. 2010 is almost behind us and a whole new year stretches in front of us. Traditionally this is a time for reflection so I would like to return to a subject that keeps surfacing as I travel around speaking to groups [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most Positive Least Intrusive Trainers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sid Price</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steve Martin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[constructs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Least intrusive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Most positive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operant conditioning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using only positive reinforcement seems like the right thing to do, however telling anyone that is what they should do is possibly setting them up for failure by taking tools off the table that in some circumstances may be required. The world is just not built that way; nor are animals “wired” to operate that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Misuse of Weight Management</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/the-misuse-of-weight-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sid Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  I have written about Food and Weight Management before; they are valuable techniques when used correctly, carefully, and appropriately. In general, Weight Management is not something that a companion parrot owner even needs to consider. By careful management of the required daily diet of one’s birds an owner can usually achieve their training goals. [...]]]></description>
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