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Click to enlargepadThe Beak Book

FINALLY! Understand the why, when, where, who of biting and aggression in companion parrots!

The Beak Book is the first comprehensive book with practical trust building information about preventing and solving the number 1 problem people have with companion parrots. As editor/publisher of the Companion Parrot Quarterly, author of the Companion Parrot Handbook, and long time Parrot Psychology columnist for Bird Talk magazine, Sally Blanchard is perhaps the best-known and most highly respected name in the field of companion parrot information. With her theory of Nurturing Guidance, Sally Blanchard provides parrot caregivers with a logical, common sense, trust-building approach to maintaining a positive relationship with companion parrots. The highly praised Companion Parrot Handbook gives readers practical information about all aspects of parrot behavior and care. The Beak Book provides readers with extensive information they need to understand and work with aggressive behavior. This book is the first volume of the Companion Parrot Behavioral Solution Series. Future volumes will deal with screaming, feather destructive behavior, fear related behaviors, and winning the trust of rescue birds.

It is unlikely that anyone who first brings a companion parrot into his or her life has the idea that it will be a temporary situation. Unfortunately many parrots do not stay in their homes because their caregivers don't have the information they need to provide the behavioral guidance that keeps them tame. With over thirty years of bird experience and her theory of Nurturing Guidance, Sally Blanchard's practical advice shows you why biting and aggression are actually the easiest behavioral problems to understand, prevent, and solve. Sally Blanchard's long awaited Beak Book will play an instrumental role in keeping reader's parrots in their homes.


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Topics Include:
    Articles on Biting and Aggression:
  • Too Aggressive to Handle?
  • Beak Basics
  • The Beak as a Defensive Tool
  • Fundamentals of Nurturing GuidanceTM
  • The Major Companion Parrot Problem
  • The Size of the Beak—The Intent of the Bird
  • Basics of Biting & Aggressive Behavior
  • Be Careful What You Teach Your Parrot
  • Biting: The Easiest Problem To Solve
  • Dealing with Hard-core Aggression
  • Lunge Biting

  • Getting Past The Fear
  • Testing The Status Quo
  • Friendly Bites Still Hurt
  • Don't Turn An Incident Into A Pattern
  • Small Parrot Aggression
  • Parrot-to-Parrot Aggression
  • Love Triangles
Situations With A Potential For Aggressive Behavior:
  • Paying Attention
  • Overload and the Physiology of Aggression
  • Five Rules for Parrots on Shoulders
  • One-Person Parrots/Introducing Strangers
  • Height Dominance
  • Reading Body Language

  • Fear as a Cause of Biting
  • Understanding Sexual Behavior
  • Changes in the Environment
  • Begging for a Bite
Tools For Working With Parrot Aggression :
  • Yabbit I've Tried Everything
  • Basic Skills to Keep a Parrot Tame
  • Picking Up A Parrot
  • The Parrot/Human Bond
  • Getting the Bond Back
  • Neutral Room Training
  • Calm Focused Attention
  • Using Distractions and Redirection
  • Quick-fixes Don't Work

  • The Uncooperative Person
  • Respect Me - Respect My Parrot
  • Know Your Parrot
First Aid For Parrot Bites

Biting And Aggression Q & A:

  • Beak Affection
  • Chewing on Fingers
  • Height Dominance
  • Only An Incident
  • Too Many Aggressive Quick-fixes
  • A "One-Person" Timneh
  • She's Biting Me, Not My Wife

  • Aggressive Welcome Home
  • Fear Biting and Phobic Behavior
  • The Vicious Circle of Fear
  • Biting and our Energy
  • You Don't Have To Be "The Boss"
  • Will He Stay Tame?
  • Amazon Generalizations
  • Taming A Hand-fed Baby