It's a pleasure helping you Ted. Believe me we are always behind our birds when we start to actively use OC in their training! lol Of course anyone training a bird of prey or any animal is using operant and classical conditionning, but when one starts to use it consciously and to think about the mechanisms involved, then it reaches another level.

Good luck with that screaming, I would suggest you start with something less emotionnally involving for you, such as entering the giant hood or anything else... Build a good history of reinforcement into your bird, give yourself confidence and then go and tackle that dragon! lol