Blue Front Amazon Barks?

Question

Hello Everyone,

My family has many animals around the house. When we leave our border collie likes to bark which in turn our Blue Front Amazon has started mimicing the dog to where the Bird sounds just like the dog. This bird barks early in the morning and will not shut up! I've ofter put him back in his cage to settle him down and it will calm him down but there has to be another way to break him of doing this. Anyone know of this happening with these Blue Front Amazons and how to break this?

Thanks and I welcome all suggestions

Answer 1

Sorry...once they learn it, it's REALLY tough to break it. It's like the birds that learn swear words. Good luck trying to break that out of a bird. We've had many pass through the rescue with atrocious language, and we've yet to cure any of them. All you can do is try to associate words with going back in the cage.

Answer 2

I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/nycqQ

She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

Answer 3

You could try covering his cage until he stops barking and then uncovering it. Keep doing this until he gets the message. It may never work though- some birds get quite attached to the lovely new sounds they can mimic.

Answer 4

we've a yellow Nape (19) and a pair of DYH Amazons a protracted time 14 and 40 9. We destroy them rotten and love them with all our hearts and that they are all wellbeing and intensely happy. we've been their slaves for the reason that 1996.

Answer 5

I have a BF Amazon, It amazing what they can learn to imitate. I'm sure you are doing the first wrong thing by reacting to the barks, He loves that. just like the dogs bark get your attention so will the BF with any noise. #1 ignore him.

Answer 6

I wish I could help you, by our Blue Front doesn't pick up anything. She hasn't picked up a new sound or word since we've gotten her.