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Title: The Beak Book: Understanding, Preventing, and Solving Aggression and Biting Behaviors in Companion Parrots by Sally Blanchard ISBN: 0-9671298-1-8 Publisher: PBIC, Inc. (Pet Bird Information Council) Pub. Date: 15 July, 2002 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $19.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (7 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Teaches you how to think about your parrot
Comment: If you're looking for an instant formula to solve biting you won't find it here. You will find a lot more. There is plenty of practical advice, but much more thoughtful discussion and anecdote. Sally Blanchard's real gift - and her gift to us - is to teach us how to think about our birds, how to be a careful observer and how to build a mutually trusting relationship with the little creature's we're blessed with (even when we sometimes feel cursed).

One person complained about the organization, but on reflection I think the book's slightly meandering collage-like style is an asset. Instead of letting us flip to the page or paragraph with the quick fix, the book forces us to slow down, listen to, and think about our birds (it starts with a nice little essay on the beak itself) - which is really the first step in building a long-lasting healthy relationship with anyone or anything. I'm sure Sally Blanchard could have been a dynamite therapist, and we and our parrots are lucky she turned her empathic intellect to a relationship in dire need of it - the parrot-human relationship.

Rating: 5
Summary: Parrot Books
Comment: If this book was written on toilet paper, I'd still recommend it. 95% of the books written on birds and parrots are fallacious, outdated and just useful as curiosities for what-not-to-do. Sure, its not the best organized book but still is chock full of information, and less expensive than Companion Guide. I reread both books over and over and find something useful each time. Its not a story book, its a reference book. Dictionaries aren't well written either.

Rating: 5
Summary: Don't bite the hand that feeds you
Comment: If you own a companion parrot you have been bitten once or twice in you life. It goes with the territory. To understand the reasons why and how to prevent it, read this book.
You owe it to your parrot and yourself to have this book on your bookshelf.

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