Force-Free Training
A willing step up. Calm cage time.
No grabbing. No toweling.
The bird that fights you stepping up isn't a bad bird. It's a bird who hasn't been taught a different option. For $37 once, you get the step-by-step that teaches that option, the right way.
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If this is your week
Every step up is a fight. Every cage return is worse.
You've been told to "show the bird who's boss." You've toweled. You've grabbed. You've apologized to your bird in the dark afterward. None of it is working, and you hate doing it.
- Every step up turns into a chase or a bite.
- Putting them back in the cage is the worst part of your day.
- You feel like you have to grab or towel, and you hate it.
- Old advice told you to dominate the bird, and it made things worse.
- Your trust with this bird is getting thinner every week.
- You're avoiding interactions because you don't want another fight.
Here's what nobody says. Every forced interaction teaches your bird that hands mean conflict. So next time, the fight starts sooner. It's not your fault you got this advice, but it's why the pattern keeps getting worse.
The one thing this whole page is about
Your bird isn't disobeying. It was never given a choice it could say yes to.
Force-free training isn't about being nice. It's about giving your bird a real choice between cooperation and avoidance, and making cooperation the obvious better option.
When the choice is real, parrots almost always pick cooperation, because they want predictability and they want to eat. Take away the choice and you've taken away the only reason it would work in the first place.
Your trainer
The macaw that ended my belief in 'just grab the bird.'
I learned old-school. Towels, gloves, manhandle the bird back in the cage if you had to. It worked, sort of. The birds did what we asked. They also got harder, year after year, to ask anything of.
Then a big macaw at a sanctuary changed it for me. He'd been toweled his entire life, and at twelve years old he was so done he would shred any hand that came near him. There was no "just grab him" left. He'd been trained out of it.
We started from zero. No towels, no chase. Just choice, and a treat for the right choice. Eight weeks later he was walking himself into a transport cage. Same bird. Same hands. Completely different relationship. That's the order this course teaches: choice first, cooperation second, never force.
25+ years training parrots. 22 years at Natural Encounters, Inc. Disney Animal Kingdom bird shows from opening through 2020. Certified Parrot Behavior Consultant (CPBC). Certified Professional Bird Trainer (CPBT-KA). IAATE Lifetime Achievement Award, 2020.
Why this works when the videos didn't
Most training advice tells you to push through. That's the part that breaks the bird.
"Push through the bite." "Don't let it win." "Show it who's bigger." That advice creates short-term compliance and long-term damage. The bird's escape options shrink, the biting gets worse, and the relationship dies.
Force-free works in the opposite order. We expand the bird's options so it can say no without a bite, then we make the yes so clear and so well-paid that the yes becomes the bird's own preference. That's the version that lasts.
"My bird is too far gone for this"
There is no bird too far gone for this method.
David inherited six macaws and eight tortoises that had been neglected for years. None of them had ever cooperated with a human voluntarily. He didn't believe force-free could work on that level of damage. It did.
"I found myself in a position to take care of 6 macaws and 8 large tortoises that were largely abandoned, neglected and had no interaction with people. I have progressed and so have they. I just want to do the best I can for these birds and these videos are very helpful."
David, USA. Rescue macaws.It takes longer with a damaged bird. But it does work, and it lasts. Which is the opposite of what force does.
"Force-free sounds too slow"
Force is faster up front, and far slower in the end.
Eddie was a working pro who'd grown up on grab-and-go handling. He thought force-free was for hobbyists. Then he tried it on a bird he couldn't make budge with the old way.
"I'm going to continue working in this direction, good advice and technique saves frustration. You should be charging more for this."
Eddie K. Parrot owner.You spend a few weeks teaching choice on the front end and never have to manhandle a bird again. That math beats force every time.
The exact path
A few minutes a day. Choice, then cooperation.
Inside two weeks you've got a voluntary step up. Inside a month your bird walks itself back into the cage. No towels. No chases. No regret.
The body-language read
Spot the half-second before a bite. The tell every bird gives, that ends the chasing forever.
Targeting as a foundation
The single behavior that gives the bird a yes it can say without your hand.
The voluntary step up
Built one tiny piece at a time, so the bird chooses it every time, not just on good days.
Cage return without a fight
The exact protocol for the worst part of most owners' day.
Cooperative care
Nail trims, towel desensitization, vet handling. The opt-in versions.
When you slip back to force
The recovery script for the days you grab. How to repair the bond and reset.
The whole offer
Everything you get for $37. Yours for life.
One private session with a certified parrot behavior consultant runs $150 to $300, and force-free retraining usually takes several. You're getting the same method, for life, for less than a fraction of one visit.
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Real owners. Real birds. Real change.
"I found myself in a position to take care of 6 macaws and 8 large tortoises that were largely abandoned, neglected and had no interaction with people. I have progressed and so have they. I just want to do the best I can for these birds and these videos are very helpful."
David, USA. Rescue macaws."I'm going to continue working in this direction, good advice and technique saves frustration. You should be charging more for this."
Eddie K. Parrot owner."A must in any parrot owner's library, whether your bird bites or not. The material is very comprehensive. Cassie is able to explain even the most complex concepts in plain English so that everyone can understand."
Natasha Petrovic, Australia. Parrot owner.Risk nothing
Try every lesson for 14 days.
Watch the whole course. Run the plan with your bird. If you don't see real change, email us inside 14 days and we refund every penny. You keep the worksheets and PDFs either way. We'd rather you leave a friend than stay a frustrated customer.
Is this right for you?
This is for you if:
- You want a voluntary step up, every time.
- You want your bird to walk into the cage without a fight.
- You want to stop relying on towels, gloves, and force.
- You want a method that respects your bird and actually works.
This is not for you if:
- You want a quick fix that doesn't ask anything of you.
- You're looking for permission to dominate or punish the bird. Not what we teach, and it doesn't work.
Why is it only $37?
No catch. It's new-student pricing, kept low on purpose. Most owners who learn force-free come back to us later for biting, screaming, and bonding help. We'd rather win you now, cheaply, by actually ending the daily fights.
And understand the cost of waiting. Every forced step up and every cage chase teaches your bird that hands mean conflict. The pattern compounds. Teaching a voluntary alternative now is far less work than untangling years of it later.
One payment. One night.
One payment. A bird that says yes on its own.
You can keep dreading every cage return, or you can spend $37 once and have the full force-free playbook tonight.
A month from now, your bird steps up because it wants to, and walks itself back in the cage at bedtime. The towels can finally go in a drawer for good.
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