FrancisMom
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I need advice either from someone who has dealt with this successfully or "all y'all" brainstorming about how to do this. It's an old story: I have Francie, the U2, as well as two cats. The cats were raised by me and don't even know that a bird is prey. They're scared to death of Francie.
Francie, however, is the one going after the cats. He was never trained to fly so, while he uses his wings to steady himself, I don't think he knows how to actually fly UP. That said, he flies off the couch at the cats.
The cats are brothers who are right at 13 yrs old, and I really don't want them to live what little time they have left being terrified of the bird, OR suffering some kind of damage from him.
I've done MASSIVE clicker-training with cats and know tons about it, also "dabbled" in ABA. I've done some basic training with Francie, so not a problem there. I just need ideas how to go about training Francie to stay away from the cats. He doesn't have to LIKE them but he needs to leave them alone.
Thanks all!
Francie, however, is the one going after the cats. He was never trained to fly so, while he uses his wings to steady himself, I don't think he knows how to actually fly UP. That said, he flies off the couch at the cats.
The cats are brothers who are right at 13 yrs old, and I really don't want them to live what little time they have left being terrified of the bird, OR suffering some kind of damage from him.
I've done MASSIVE clicker-training with cats and know tons about it, also "dabbled" in ABA. I've done some basic training with Francie, so not a problem there. I just need ideas how to go about training Francie to stay away from the cats. He doesn't have to LIKE them but he needs to leave them alone.
Thanks all!