Hey. My name is Mike Lawson and I'm the proud owner of Frankie, an impressive African grey parrot. Before I got Frankie, I imagined myself bringing friends over and amazing them with my talking parrot. Just a few days after having Frankie, I quickly realized that it wasn't going to as easy as I thought. Forget talking! He would get agitated anytime I went near the cage and I couldn't even pick up him without him biting me. ... http://www.squidoo.com/trainparrot Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:39:45 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.2 Mon, 14 May 2007 18:22:38 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/trainparrot Hey. My name is Mike Lawson and I'm the proud owner of Frankie, an impressive African grey parrot. Before I got Frankie, I imagined myself bringing friends over and amazing them with my talking parrot. Just a few days after having Frankie, I quickly realized that it wasn't going to as easy as I thought. Forget talking! He would get agitated anytime I went near the cage and I couldn't even pick up him without him biting me. Frankie would also scream, for no apparent reason, scaring the heck out me (and worst any company that I had over). If that wasn't bad enough I was a light sleeper and Frankie would keep me up at night. To be honest, in those early day I really regretted getting a parrot and I honestly considered giving Frankie away (if someone would take him!). I finally decided that I needed help. After a bunch research I finally found a great parrot training resource that was different than the rest of the "same old" training online. I'm not one to rave about products but after just a couple of days using the ideas and techniques in the video training sessions, I was finally able to get Frankie to step up! Oh ya and he's no longer biting or screaming. I was so impressed with the guy who put out the training videos I got his train your parrot to talk videos as well... they were amazing! No joke, I got Frankie talking after only a couple training sessions... I couldn't be happier. Now when I have people over, they ARE so impressed with Frankie. He's now a true companion and an endless source of entertainment and fun. Me and Frankie no longer hate each other!   Mon, 14 May 2007 18:22:38 -0600