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I never meant to imply that I wasn't happy with him now. My breeder did an excellent job socializing him. From the day I brought him home, he has been calm, inquisitive, and tolerant of everyone in the family, including my 3 kids (ages 17 months to 7 yrs). He will allow me and others to pet him and scratch him, although it is obvious he enjoys it sometimes more than others. He would probably let me lay him on his back and such now too, but I want him to enjoy it, not just tolerate it. If he never does these things, I will be perfectly content to let him sit on my shoulder/arm while I watch tv or sit at the computer, which he already loves to do.
I didn't realize it was a bad thing to always look forward to the next step. Part of the fun I have when training my dog, or my kids for that matter, is looking ahead and saying, "Man, that was great! Where can we go from here? What else can we do?" I guess I was thinking the same thing with building my relationship with my Ekkie. I apologize if I am misunderstanding the nature of building a relationship with our birds. :(
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