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AS YOU ARE BRINGING THE WEIGHT DOWN AND MANNING, THE NEXT STAGE IS GETTING THE BIRD TO JUMP. THE LENGTH OF THE LEASH IS THE DISTANCE YOU WANT IT TO JUMP, NOT TO FAR NOT TO SHORT. THIS WILL GIVE THE BIRD CONFIDANCE TO JUMP AND GET IT USED TO IT. IF IT DOES NOT WORK AT FIRST THEN LESS FOOD THAT NIGHT AND TRY THE NEXT NIGHT AND AGAIN AND AGAIN IF NEEDED. THE HUNGER WILL GET THE BETTER OF THE BIRD AND ONCE IT JUMPS NOTE THE WEIGHT AND WORK FROM THERE.

THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR TO HAPPEN, AND DO THIS A GOOD FEW TIMES SO THE BIRD DOES NOT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT, JUST LIKE A NATURAL THING TO DO FOR IT. THIS MAY NOT BE THE WEIGHT IT WILL DO EVERYTHING FOR YOU BUT IT IS THE START TO GETTING THERE , AND IT WON'T BE FAR FROM WHERE YOU ARE NOW.

ATTACH THE CREANCE TO THE SWIVEL AND TRY TO GET THE BIRD TO FLY TO THE FIST FOR A SMALL PIECE OF FOOD. START FROM APPROX THREE FEET AND IF IT COMES THEN MOVE OUT A FOOT OR SO EACH TIME UNTIL THE BIRD STOPS THEN CALL IT A DAY. YOU MAY FIND THAT THE WEIGHT MAY HAVE TO COME DOWN EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE.. A LITTLE WARNING HERE DO THIS AWAY FROM THE BIRDS HOUSING OR MEWS AS IT WILL BE GIVEN A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY AND NOT WORK AS WELL AWAY FROM THIS AREA SO START AWAY FROM HERE.

NOW BEING AWAY FROM THE MEWS IT GIVES YOU A BIT MORE ROOM TO WORK. AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE PIC I HAVE JUMPED A FEW FEET BUT ALL THERE IS MISSING ARE THE FEW FEET. THIS IS ALL THERE IS AT THIS STAGE ,WORKING THE BIRD FURTHER OUT EACH TIME, THE LINE WILL BE ABOUT 100YDS AND IF YOU ARE  FLYING THE BIRD THIS DISTANCE IT WILL BE OBVIOUS THE BIRD WILL MORE AND LIKLY BE FLYING TO YOU BEFORE YOU REACH THE END OF THE CREANCE. BY THIS TIME THE BIRDS FLYING WEIGHT SHOULD BE VERY APPARENT, MANNING THE BIRD SHOULD STILL BE GOING ON ALL THROUGH TRAINING.

NOW IF YOUR UP TO THIS STAGE  YOU ARE REALLY JUST ABOUT THERE AND THERE AREN'T MANY PICS YOU CAN SEE TO EXPLAIN MUCH MORE. LETTING THE BIRD GO FREE WILL BE GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND AND THIS I WOULD SAY IS IN MY MIND THE HARDEST PART AS YOU ARE WONDERING IF YOU TRAINED THE BIRD RIGHT AND IF I LET IT FLY FREE WILL IT COME BACK. SO I WILL RUN THROUGH A LITTLE CHECK LIST FOR YOU ,SO HERE GOES AND REMEMBER MAKE SURE THESE ARE ALL DONE BEFORE CONSIDERING IT FLYING FREE. RIGHT. HAVE YOU MANNED THE BIRD ENOUGH SO IT DOES NOT KEEP BATING AWAY FROM YOU . DID YOU MAN THE BIRD AROUND THE TRAFFIC SO IT GETS USE TO ALL THE MOVING VEHICLES AND NOISE. DID YOU TRAIN IT AROUND PEOPLE AND KIDS. I TIED THE BIRD OUT ON THE PERCH ALOT AND IT GOT USED TO THE SEAGULLS AND CROWS HAVING A GO AT IT AND NOW IT DOSN'T CARE. (IF YOU LET THE BIRD FLY FREE AND IT IS NOT USED TO CROWS, WELL CROWS HAVE A HABIT OF GANGING UP ON A BIRD OF PREY AND CAN FREAK THEM OUT SO THEY END UP FLYING FOR MILES WITH YOU IN TOE CHASING IT.)  SOMETIMES WHEN TRAINING THE BIRD WILL NOT JUMP FOR LITTLE BITS OF MEAT SO I HAD TO USE A FULL DOC AND THIS MEANS THAT YOU CAN ONLY GET A COUPLE OF GOES AT IT EACH TIME. WHERE POSS USE TITBITS OF MEAT THEN FINISH WITH A DOC THAT WAY IT WILL REMEMBER AND WORK TO MEET THE END, THESE BIRDS ARE VERY CLEVER, NEVER UNDER ESTIMATE THEM. NOW  THIS IS A BASIC TRAINING PLAN (VERY BASIC) AS YOU HAVE TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR BIRD AS YOU GO THROUGH EACH STAGE AND ALSO EACH BIRD CAN BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SO YOU AND THE BIRD WILL LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. NEVER BE FRIGHTENED TO CONTACT SOMEONE FOR ADVICE OR HELP EVEN THROUGH EACH STAGE IT DOESN'T GO WRONG. IT'S ONLY AN E-MAIL ADDRESS AWAY.