Quote Originally Posted by FredFogg View Post
She wasn't a perfect imprint, I don't think there is such a thing!
This is where I disagree. I think the imprinting PROCESS went VERY well in my bird, I made weight management mistakes that caused bad behaviors. Of the bad behaviors how many are caused by something other than the process itself? Weight management for example. The process gives you a wonderfull foundation. If that had not been done well then I would have never had the success dealing with the issues that came up later. The process can be screwed up badly and then everything else goes out the window, however it gives you a good basis to work with. In short you just need to separate the 2 initial imprinting and later handling skills. As he says these are NOT beginer birds suited for the less skilled falconer.

Again I'm no expert and have only done one imprint. These are just my theories.