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Behavioral Consults

If you are experiencing frustration and confusion about your bird's unwanted behavior, I'm happy to help you out.  In addition to working with and training countless birds throughout my entire adult life, I have been apprenticing under Barbara Heidenreich of Good Bird, Inc. , am a graduate of Dr. Susan Friedman's LLP class, and am a professional member of IAATE.  I have had the privilege of helping many clients work through some troubling behavioral issues and would be happy to help you as well.

Resources

I would encourage you to first check out the resources available at:
 www.austinparrotsociety.com, www.goodbirdinc.com, www.behaviorworks.org, and www.parrots.org
If you need more one-on-one assistance, please feel free to contact me to schedule an initial appointment.

Pricing

Initial email consults are free. 
During this time you can tell me what your issues and concerns are and I can point you to specific resources that might be helpful to you. 

Beyond that, I offer two options:

Phone consults are $30 for up to 2 hours.

In-home consults are $150 for 2 consults of up to 2 hours each.
The first consult will address initial behavioral issues and the second one will be a follow-up.
Subsequent consults will be $50 each

Service Area

For behavioral consults, I will go anywhere within an hour drive of downtown Austin. 
For people who live outside of that area, please contact me to discuss initial travel/time fees.

Dogs, Cats, Ferrets, Etc.

While I do have a lifetime of experience working with and training dogs and cats, I do not have any formal training (beyond the general scope of Applied Behavioral Analysis) specific to non-avian species.  I will be happy to discuss any behavioral issues you might be experiencing with your dogs, cats, or other kinds of pets.  If your issues are within the realm of my experience, I will be happy to schedule a consult with you at a reduced rate.  If I feel it requires specialized training, I will refer you to an expert in that field.