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Originally Posted by debelm2
But the other thought is teaching recall. Has anybody had any luck with this? Is it really difficult to do?
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Seems like one of those things that needs to be taught really, really early in a bird's life for it to become reliable. There are some videos on YouTube of a family (don't remember the username) that freeflies their macaws and they explain the process a bit. I'm sure a YT search on free flighted macaws will turn something up.
The danger is in thinking that you've got recall down pat and you get careless. Once outside, the bird might startle and be too distracted to come back.
I've been
teaching Stewie recall and he's very unreliable. He flies to me on cue about as consistently as he steps up... which is not a good thing.
Even if I thought his recall was perfect, I'd never let him outside without a harness. But it's a good thing for him to know, nonetheless, so we keep working on it.