Northern Parrots Blog: July 2015

Exotic Pet Awareness Day is happening in August and here's what's happening on the day, so you can celebrate our exotic Parrots too.

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Barbara Heidenreich has useful webinars coming up in late July and August. Read on to find out more.

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Here's another of our brilliant entries for our short story competition, by one of our runners up, Sheryl Wakeman. Hope you enjoy reading it.

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Barbara Heidenreich has been busy training zoo animals this week, but you can easily use the methods she uses in these sessions, like free shaping and target training, to train your own Parrot, as she explains.

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We had some fantastic entries to our recent short story competition. Here is one of our runners up, Natalie Mansell with her story about Billy the Rosella. Enjoy!

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Sit down and relax with another of our short story entries. This entry is entitled "Comeuppance" and is written by Angelika Hendrick, and it was one of our runners up. We hope you like it.

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It's so important to give your Parrot plenty of exercise, as Steve Hartman of The Parrot University explains the benefits the benefits Parrots receive from exercise. This article was originally published on The Parrot University's blog and newsletter in May 2015.

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After watching an episode of "The Dog Whisperer" where the host discussed the three emotional needs of a pet dog, exercise, mental stimulus and affection, Eb Cravens realised the same essentials could be applied to Parrots. Here he explains what they are. This article was originally published in Parrots Magazine in November 2008.

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