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	<title>Bird Training Blog &#187; Sid Price</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>A position on the sale of un-weaned parrots to the public</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2010/08/15/a-position-on-the-sale-of-un-weaned-parrots-to-the-public/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past several years I have observed an approach being promoted to those in the companion parrot community interested in free flying parrots outdoors, they are encouraged to obtain un-weaned birds and to hand raise them themselves. This advice is not given on a one-on-one basis; it is broadcast to anyone who happens to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethical training as a way of life</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2010/07/27/ethical-training-is-a-way-of-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Dr Susan Friedman]]></category>
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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>Raptor Handling Class &#8211; July 17th &amp; 18th 2010</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2010/05/18/raptor-handling-class-july-17th-18th-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2010/05/18/raptor-handling-class-july-17th-18th-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 00:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Join Sid Price, Founder of Avian Ambassadors in learning behavior, training, how to handle raptors and other birds.
 Avian Ambassadors’ birds will be flown and handled.
 Class is from 9-5 for both days.
Class fee of $95 includes a reference notebook and lunches.
 The classroom is at the Albuquerque Marriott on Louisiana.
 The Marriott will offer rooms at a special [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reducing behavior means punishment occurred &#8211; not!</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2010/03/26/reducing-behavior-means-punishment-occurred-not/</link>
		<comments>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2010/03/26/reducing-behavior-means-punishment-occurred-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SidPrice</dc:creator>
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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>Most Positive Least Intrusive Trainers</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2010/01/15/most-positive-least-intrusive-trainers/</link>
		<comments>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2010/01/15/most-positive-least-intrusive-trainers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SidPrice</dc:creator>
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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>More Training Secrets</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2010/01/11/more-training-secrets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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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>The Misuse of Weight Management</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2009/08/20/the-misuse-of-weight-management/</link>
		<comments>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2009/08/20/the-misuse-of-weight-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SidPrice</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. So [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I need help with my phobic parrot!</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2009/07/31/i-need-help-with-my-phobic-parrot/</link>
		<comments>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2009/07/31/i-need-help-with-my-phobic-parrot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SidPrice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You read it all the time in internet chat groups and even magazine articles, &#8220;I need urgent help with my phobic (insert parrots species).&#8221; It seems to me that the majority of people asking these questions and many of those answering them do not understand what phobia is.
Let&#8217;s start by going to Webster&#8217;s for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6th Annual Raptor Handling Class</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2009/06/20/6th-annual-raptor-handling-class/</link>
		<comments>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2009/06/20/6th-annual-raptor-handling-class/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SidPrice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reinforcement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avian Ambassadors&#8217; 6th Annual Raptor Handling Class
Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th July, 2009
From 9.30a to 4.00p at
The Marriott Hotel, Albuquerque, NM
Meet the stars of the Flights of Education Shows
We are pleased to announce the dates for our 6th Annual Raptor Handling Class. This year&#8217;s class will be held at the Marriott Hotel in Uptown Albuquerque [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I scared my bird!</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2009/06/19/i-scared-my-bird/</link>
		<comments>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2009/06/19/i-scared-my-bird/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SidPrice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Training is an ongoing thing. No matter how well we believe our birds are trained, no matter how hard we have worked to generalize behavior, one day in our confidence we make a mistake. That happened to me this morning …
 
Mijo is a yellow-naped Amazon; he is just over a year old and has lived [...]]]></description>
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