Very rarely. He’s not a fan of flying. When I adopted him he had a well established pattern of only flying when startled. When he did fly, it was always a crash landing, a dangerous prospect for him. So I had to teach him to land, to save his life.
To do that, I had to teach him flight. So I started flight recall training. The small steps taken in the training process to get from simply targeting to flying long distance give him ample opportunity to practice landing fundamentals, while simultaneously teaching him to come on command. It’s a fun and relatively easy process to execute.
We’ve gotten him to a point where he still isn’t crazy about flying but give him the right motivation, a piece of favorite food for example, and he will willingly come when you call. As long as you’re within about 5-6 feet of him. We’re still working on longer distances. He’s still got reservations about longer distance.
