I bought a flight harness for Kili and started training her to use it so that by the summer I can start taking her outside again. I actually tried the harness out one time with her before the video and I was totally able to get it on and off of her without training but the problem is she developed a fear/hatred of it as I'm sure many parrots have. \r
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So I'm back to square one. I have a parrot, like any other that is deadly afraid of the harness even coming near it. So I am starting over again and making this video series about how I am training Kili to wear a flight harness using positive and negative reinforcement. \r
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The video is kind of long and boring so this is really only for parrot owners that want to learn about getting a harness onto their parrot OR parrot owners who have a parrot that is fearful of any new object and want to get the parrot used to that new object. The later videos will be more specific to putting the harness on the parrot, however, this video is about overcoming a parrot's fear of a new object.\r
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I'm not going to write the details of what I did for the training here so instead I'm going to write an ongoing article on my parrot forum about the steps and progress of harness training:\r
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http://theparrotforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=15\u0026t=1329\r
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All the details you need to know about this video are on there and there is a link for a section to discuss harness training and ask any questions you might have.\r
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Thanks for watching and remember to be very careful.