Really well explained, Geoff. Good example with the giant hood: I need to do some more work on that with my HH and I never thought about tethering him during the session, I worked him attached to the glove and I delivered the tidbits from a hole I made in the GH, but it would work waaaay better if tethered.

One of my techs is taking the Karen Pryor clicker course, she'll be the first one in Quebec to make it. She will have her final exam next week, and her skills increased immensely already. One thing she learned that have changed from when I first learned OC 5-6 years ago, is that now the emphasis is put on putting the behavior on cue as fast as possible, and then refining it. She was taught to put a totally new behavior on cue in 20 tidbits! Crazy stuff really. If someday I have 5000$ that I don't know what to do with, I'll take that course for sure. I don't feel like I need it for my future accipiter, but it wouldn't hurt!!