How Did We Become BirdTricks? | Dave & Jamieleigh
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- Dave and Jamieleigh are a husband wife team of parrot trainers. Their training materials can be found at www.birdtricks.... For consultations visit www.birdtricks.... They also offer fundraisers for any good cause and perform full time as entertainers doing magic and illusions with their birds.
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BirdTricks is a husband-wife team; Dave and Jamieleigh Womach specialize in parrot training and companionship.
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Hey everyone, if you haven't subscribed, please consider doing so. I'm just a random fan of their channel, but Jamieleigh and Dave create some great content for us. Would be awesome if we could get them to 100k subscribers
Awe thank you.
Love you two...Love hearing about your past Experiences
totally. awesome channel and fam.
The way you wrote Jamieleigh like it's Jamila lol I also watch their content and never owned a bird but I only save the one I find injured then free them. I got a falcon right now and he is doing a lot better so far. I dream to own a parrot!
@@BirdTricks
You named another wedsite to reach you on but it isn't listed on your links.
It was ParrotFamily something I think
JamieLeigh, you communicate just fine. You have a natural ability; Good instincts, Kindess, and the knowing of when to ask for help.
One of the things i have found out is that most bird people are very open and helpful when it comes to needing advice on birds. I have met some great people that have taken the time to teach me the correct way. I have learned so much from watching you guys and I even went back to the blog and watched the entire thing from start to finish. Looking forward to meeting you in December at the classes and hoping I won’t be one of the untrainable’s. LOL
Awe yay! I definitely feel like the community as a whole is much more accepting and open nowadays which is refreshing.
Dude! I love you bird videos!! But you should do some marriage relationship videos!! Married since you were 17 and 21! That is AWESOME in this day and age!! And you obviously both are still so in love!!! That is an accomplishment!!! Congratulations!!
Thank you!
I second that! I'm even more impressed with them than before!
I can hardly hear what you say, the love in Dave's eyes when Jamie Lee is speaking ❤️
Omg Cressie being chased by those seagulls! Love you guys, been watching since Morgan
That was scary as heck, literally a life or death escape.
I agree Dave. Jamie Leigh is so real, honest,and open about her feelings. That really helps me.
What a couple of delightful young people.
This is crazy I found you guys randomly a few months ago and I just realized growing up I would watch your bird training DVDs
Small world!
I am so pleased that you do free flight for the birds. Thank you for bringing that into popularity. I love your honesty.
At 18:30 when you talk about people yelling at you instead of helping to solve the problem, that’s all too relatable. Lately I’ve been watching some Teal Swan videos and her video about the Victim, Villain and hero dynamic really relates. How its best to focus on solutions, not labeling everyone to fall into one of those roles.
You're so right about "training people" as well as the bird/animal. I realized this fact as we were working with our two Dobies. We had to change our way of thinking and bad habits which took some time (and training), but ultimately we all (two dogs, two humans) were rewarded with fantastic relationships. Thank you both; you're awesome trainers of birds and humans. =O )
Ive always said that our birds teach us how to treat them, distract them, reward them, etc. When people are not open to learning, that’s a problem. I’ve had my cockatoos ( U2 and M2 ) since 2001 and I thank God for every day that I spend with them. Thanks for the honesty. ❤️🕊
I think people also forget they are our also one of our descendants of flying dinosaurs there is a lot of evolutionary intelligence and complex behaviours in birds, and this is why I believe they still have a tendency to aggression. That said birds when they are lovable they truly are wonderful.
When you say having the connection with the animal is your favorite part. YES! I’ve always loved working with animals, much more than dealing with people. When asked what I wanted to be when I grew up I said “a dog trainer!” at 6 years old. I remember my parents telling me that wasn’t a good job, and for the rest of my life when asked what I want to do with my life I’ve said I don’t know but I know the truth is I’ve always wanted to work with animals, but I’m not sure how to do it without dealing with a lot of people. People make me anxious which is not ideal when working with animals. I have cats&dogs and growing up I also had goats, a bearded dragon, fish and a hermit crab. I’m not a people-person either, but my boyfriend of 5 years is great with people, like Dave is. I’ve been wanting a bird for about a year now, everyday I watch all sorts of bird videos. Nothing makes me laugh like a silly bird. The high pitched voices of IRNs and Alexandrine parrots are my absolute FAVORITE! Lately I’ve been watching your videos with Rasta, I found them searching for Alexandrine videos. lol
I tend to come off very harsh to people because my brain works very bluntly and so that's what comes out of my mouth - also I can't hide how I am feeling so my face just says EVERYTHING because I've had a chance to! I've found that having other people kinda be the "forefront" of me helps me a lot... almost like a barrier. For example, when we do in home consults I let Dave take the lead and then I chime in and by the end I start coaching or I start whenever Dave is like "have at it" - he kind of lets me know when they're ready for me, haha! It's also the same for customer service, when we get an email directed towards me I will write a response and I'm SURE Wendy "fixes" it while still getting my points across hehe. So it's nice having people as part of your team that can kind of help bet the people persons before the people get to you!
BirdTricks I love that! That’s what I would need!
I just brought a baby Hahn’s Macaw home a couple of weeks ago. She came to me from the breeder with her first two wing feathers clipped and they recommended I continue with that practice . But after listening to what you had to say about clipped vs fullly flighted birds I will never clip her wings again. We live next to a forest preserve and constantly have hawks in our trees and we often see evidence that they’ve been successful in their hunts. I’m so concerned my girl will slip out the door, but I now realize having her clipped will not prevent that from happening but having her fully flighted will give her every opportunity to protect herself. Thank you for that, and I can’t wait to learn so much more from you both!
How am I watching this for the first time now? :) I’ve watched your videos on and off for the last couple of years but I had NO IDEA about your history of birds and magic. I had assumed Jamieleigh grew up around birds. This is a neat story of love, magic, birds and training.
Jamieleigh, you are an excellent teacher. You are intuitive. Your daughter is as well. Impressive family!! You all are so cool . . I love your videos . .
Thank you for persevering through the 'reaming' years.
You have changed my life.
I want to start a local bird sanctuary.
Dang it! I learn something new every time.
Haha, oh girl.
Glad I found you guys. Not because I have or train birds, but because I'm a wildlife photographer , photography teacher and tour guide here in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I first wanted to say your videos are well shot, edited and voiced. Because you have no formal training, hats off to you. I think each of you, in different ways, are excellent teachers.
I am not in show business, but have met many and befriended some celebrities because of where I live, but also because of what I do and teach with photography and wildlife conservation. I'm also a formally trained and experienced journalist, so I enjoy meeting new and interesting folks like you, even through video. Great to see two "kids" make it the way you have. Stay strong and thanks for the videos.
Y'all are so spot on with owners and learning. I worked for a cutting horse trainer for year's. I watched and learned but when working a horse there are so many scenarios of what to do at the right time. It takes a lot to get the timing down and as y'all have shown on the vlogs timing is crucial!!! I love watching y'all so much, and live the honesty of the time. I had a quaker i hand raised, worked with her for a long time. Changed jobs started working nights....... became so hard to spend time with her. She became almost impossible to handle, i had to give ger to my brother and then my mom. I still feel guilty over that. She wld whistle a certain whistle i did, fly into her home on command, say her name (with an extra lol instead of Clue was ClueClue), plus so many other things. Now I know the time required and know I can't provide that so I enjoy watching y'all. Thank you for making their lives so wonderful.
I have enjoyed sooo many of your videos; Jamieleigh you are a natural! I was totally surprised that you hadn’t been around birds as a kid. Thanks for sharing your beginnings.
I think u guys are amazing ur not just helping the birds live a fuller life u r helping the humans learn more about their bird...i love watching ur birds fly and my favourite one is Jinx he is so cool they all r cool but Jinx is so adorable....
Loved the honesty.
Hi Dave and Jamieleigh!
I'm finding you on TH-cam late in your journey but that doesn't diminish the value and love you provide to me! This is content that meets needs on so many levels. It's awesome to see your relationship grow and bond around your shared love of both each other and around the work you do. I've learned so much from you in just the few days I've watched you! An African Grey named Scooter owns me and he is so special. I believe his quality of life will improve because of all I'm learning from you and that our bond will grow stronger as I learn how better to meet his needs. Thank you for all you do!!!
I love these videos where you talk about how you became a trainer AND especially when you talk about the challenges of it. I wish to work with animals in the futur(more specifically with birds)and this helps A LOT!!! Thanks so much for the videos. Love you guys!
So cute love to see how people meet
VERY AWESOME 👍💚💚💚💚
That is awesome! You have a fearless drive to create your own. I am 4 years older than my husband and we have been married 30 years.
You guys are sympatico. Beautiful 😍
Great video. My parrot and I thank you boath for everything we have learned 🤗
Loving, loving, loving learning more from you two - especially the background and reasons why. Thank you so much for sharing. From a long term follower - and I don't have any birds but you two have me captivated, brilliant just brilliant!👍❤️
Oh Jamie, I’m so sorry to hear about Blueberry honey. I understand the comfort you get from your feathered creatures. When my husband died last year it was my IRN Lynnie that kept me from the depths of despair. I had to get up to feed her or i wouldn’t have bothered. It was like she knew, she was either on my shoulder or diving down the front of my bodice for the next several months. When you bond, there’s nothing stronger.
Big hugs Jamie! 🤗
Thank you. Your love for one another, Capri, and tons of birds is LOVELY! What happened to your brother? He seemed very talented too. Please give Capri a big hug and love 💘 from Austin, Texas.
You guys are awesome! I love your passion.
Watching those old DVDs and seeing such a young Dave.. awesome. Great info, still being used today. 16yrs later. I plug you guys to at least one person a day. I love my new jenday. I wouldn't have him if it weren't for me meeting my buddy's flock and then finding and watching you guys for almost 3yrs on YT and showing me how amazing birds can be. 1month into my 7mth old now., he targets, step up and down, waves, spins, fetch anything, rollover, and working on a card trick. thank you two!
Had parakeets and cockatiels but found I couldn't devote enough time plus I had cats and dogs. Not a good mix. I love watching your videos. You two are goofball/knotheads. Bravo!
I've never held a bird in my life. I'm absolutely clueless when it comes to knowing anything about birds.
I'm not even sure how I came across this channel, but I was hooked the first time I watched. I didn't hesitate to subscribe. I'm in awe each time I watch the talent these two have.
Wow, you guys have such an amazing story! If I wasn't still living with Post Concussive Syndrome, I would totally want some help/ a consult so I can train Cheeky better (my Goffin). It really is true that politely asking people in life for advice or help does work. For years I assumed I couldn't volunteer at an animal center because of my health issues, but after emailing the founder they made a position for me to shadow them with less hours expected due to my health. I was amazed, and so grateful. I will definitely take the risk of asking in life while pursuing my career as a vet or vet tech pr animal trainer (still haven't decided yet lol). Thanks for sharing you two! :)))
I really enjoyed your honesty. I am planning on doing free flight 🤞 with my cockatoo. She’s 21 and might have an issue with her back…. Working with vet, so we’ll c. We’re pretty bonded already, and I desperately hope that we can take our relationship/trust, to a higher level for a beautiful, long🤞life together💚🦜
I really think I could learn tons from u guys. Thanks for your actually HELPFUL, honest and no BS opinions and GUIDANCE.
WHY aren’t there MORE, “no BS’ers“ (yup, that is the proper spelling😋), in this world?? Who has all that time?🤣
I've watched so many of your videos...for years!!!! Finally watched this one. AGAIN you blew my mind, yet were so encouraging. My Pineapple Conure watched it with me. lol I was looking at the cost of Pine Nuts. Ouch. Do you buy in bulk? Do you get a better price that way? More importantly, your relationship was destined to be. It's beautiful to watch. So fun to see Capri grow and learn too. Keep including her in your story. so much love and appreciation for what you do. (I am 73 and my husband is 76 and we keep trying to learn. I am allergic to the powdery birds bur LUUUVe them.
Have been following your adventures for many years now and I’ve learned so much from your videos and training materials. You and your birds are an inspiration to so many out there. Thank you!
Such a great team and so full of knowledge!!! Would love to join your free flight crew for Vegas flys and learn from the best !!
That would be fun! Vegas isn't confirmed yet but if it happens it'll be in May!
You are awesome. I was just looking for a bird, and I came across this and was watching your videos for 2 hours. I had a bird growing up I named him Bird. When I got him he was a baby, so he was very shy. And I was 7 so I spent a lot of time every day until I could hand feed him. I just did what seemed natural. But after a year he became very amazing and by the time I had him 2 years he could speak about 100 words, and he rode everywhere on my shoulder. He was very smart. He was just a little parakeet, but he was amazing.
I think it's wonderful that you take in troubled birds, train them, which helps to make them happy birds, and then give them a forever home....that's beautiful!
It's basically "Birdie foster care!"
You guys are doing great work.
I have learned so much from you.
I have a little yellow (she is an albino) parakeet that I literally picked out of my plum tree in my backyard. Apparently someone let their birds go....because there are 2 more regular looking budgies that I cant catch.
Anyway...I never knew how much I could love a little yellow bird (Tweet)...and how much that little bird could love me!
Training her has been really easy, thanks to you...and the fact that she is so smart! 🐦
I have been following y'all since the gracias42 channel and think so highly of you guys. Y'all are so inspiring
That's so funny! I forget why Chet made me put my videos over there but it took him a long time to let me upload to this channel, haha! Wish I could merge them!!
JamieLeigh, yes I get that, the connection with the animal is the best feeling for me in the world.
Wow wow guys, my bf and myself have thoroughly njoyed this. U guys r inspirational!
Thanks so much 4 sharing ur lives with all of us here.
Peace and parrot light from us!
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Great interview. You,guys are the greatest
I don’t have a bird and as much as I would love to get one after watching you guys at work, I know it would be a selfish thing for me to do. It’s the heart that Jamie puts into her training that brings these birds to their full potential… and it’s also your honesty about training owners that makes me understand that it wouldn’t be in any birds best interest to come home with me.
Just got home for school and I love ur vid!! I wish good health to ur birds and family! Luv ur vids btw
You two are so lucky. You're such a lovely family and your daughter is very pretty.
They are such interesting and smart creatures, it must be awesome to be able to work with different ones with different backstories! You two are the best training couple, and miss Capri is in awesome hands! I cant wait to freefly my scarlet and BFA, I know im going to be emotional haha...Best of luck to you guys and you both deserve all the love in the world xx
Just watched this nearly 2 years after publication. I love your chemistry, you're obviously happy together, doing what you love together, bonding around a noble and shared purpose. Just happy for you! :)
I love you guys and I hope you have a amazing day keep up the good work love you
This was a fantastic video! Thanks birdtricks!
.....you guys make a Great team! Keep up the adventure! I’m loving this!
I absolutely love you two. The chemistry you have with everything you do as a family makes me love n respect you both so much more.
Love your content & your family with these beautiful birds. Keep it forever like this.
You are two of the loveliest people on utube. Your content is compelling because of who you are. Your daughter is a fabulous credit to you both, sweet, loving, gentle, considered and intelligent.i do not have indoor birds and never will, but I do keep poultry for egg sales.
I have such great respect for you both. What a happy fulfilling life. Birds and filming. Fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing your journey.
I think you two are amazing and I love what you do. Keep on Rocken it ♥️.
I feel that I'm in the exact same position as you Jamieleigh when you were 'I'll work with your bird for free!' to get more experience! Not at the point that I would call myself an official bird trainer, but have some decent skills under my belt to help those in need. Thanks so much for making this stuff for free, because it's helped develop my skills alongside with other trainers out there.
Thank you guys. That was very interesting and entertaining!
What a sweet story, and what a beautiful life the two of you have built! You guys are amazing!
Training is my absolute favorite. I totally am that person that geeks out. It started with just dogs but is growing into all animals, seeing how different techniques cross over and how different animals learn but all grow so much from training and being worked with. AAAHHH I could go on forever!
It must be so hard to put yourself out there, then bracing yourself for ridicule when you’re just sharing your learning experiences. I really dislike trolls. And I really like you guys and what you are doing. Thank you!
Good tips along with some humor as well. So... magic next?!! 😁
Carol Pierzchajlo I’m trying to include as much as possible without it getting repetitive as I document our fundraising tour!
BirdTricks it’s always such fun to watch
Free flight scares me because of predators . Looks like you have safe places to do it. After so long without a parrot I’m looking for an older parrot in nyc. I’m watching all episodes on parrots. Thank you for what you do. If you come to nyc I’d love to see you. I’d like to be a part of a community where I am.
Thanks for sharing! I really love to hear about your stories and see your passion.
I loved this video seeing you both together! You are very inspiring with your charisma and love of what you’re doing. I’ve only been into birds for about five years and I never once thought about free flying or flight training. That was until I found your channel about a month ago and watched your videos; I absolutely agree with this! I would love to work with larger birds but for now I’m using your videos to help with my WB Caique :) Thanks for all you do ❤️
You guys are amazing!!!!
You guys are amazing! I've been using your tips and techniques to make my budgies easier to handle and it's been going great! Obviously budgies aren't mccaws so there are some differences...but the training is still similar😊 thanks you two are a godsend!
You both do amazing job ❤
So happy I came across your bird training videos tonight. I've loved birds for years but have never focussed too much on the training before. Wild birds come to me and I feed them by hand. I currently have 4, 2 ringneck (the Porcini just came to us recently as his human momma could not look after him anymore and give him the time he needs), my female ringneck Poppet was a rescue bird, used to bite the crap out of me but several years and bites later, albeit still a bit nervous is such a gentle girl. i also have a female cockatiel called Peaches and my first bird Pingu is a black hooded nanday conure( I have had her since early 2015) who is my greatest challenge, due to becoming quite aggressive at certain months of the year (btw this was way before We got our male ringneck though), hence my looking at yourtraining vids. Pingu loves me deeply and we have been so close over the years and she is very affectionate but she becomes very hormonal I think around august every year (I'm in Australia). She is nippy and swoops me in and off for around three months every year. I want to get to why and how I can stop this behavioural pattern. So I think I need training 😂
I started watching your youtube videos and a couple of days later was at a bookstore and saw a parrot training book with videos and put it off I didn't know the author. seen Dave on a video and thought he looks familiar. Went back and bought the books and video and found out it was Chet and Dave Womach . then it all clicked Taming Training & Tricks was the same people from birdtricks . BIG FAN keep up the great work!
I literally laughed and cried at the same time through this ❤️ I am SO glad I found you!!!
Wow you got married so young but you guys are amazing!! Come to NY or NJ! Write a book!
Hi Jamie & Dave,
This was the best video for me because you addressed so many of the questions that I've wanted to ask!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart! ❤😍🤗
I grew up training courses as a child and thru my teenage years. I used the round pen approach that all of the 'real cowbodys' scoffed at and the cultural criticism was hard but I chose to trust my gut and focus my sights on the trust bond. I made mistakes and learned how to ask for forgiveness and respect the unique animal. That eventually evolved into teaching others. My personal philosophy has always been that the key is to teach the person how to continually train and bond with your animal over the years.
Then I went to college and became a speech therapist and began to realize that every experience with animals related to helping children overcome communication disabilities.
Now, I recently retired and had planned to return to horses but my circumstances didn't afford that avenue. But the cool thing is I stumbled on to your videos and both of you helped me to build an interest and desire to train a bird!
I began searching for a handfed quaker parrot and sent my deposit in for Oliver. He is 4 months old now and we have made good progress!
I have set goals for free flight based on a deep trust bond. It is challenging and rewarding!
I was laughing with both of you because I have wanted to shadow you two and maybe offer to bird sit and help out! Lol. 🤣😂 However, I live in northeast Texas. Paris area and it's a little far away but I hope to find a way to join y'all on a free flight trip or something.
Thank you for being strong enough to share your failures and to trust your instincts with animals! It helps everyone learn how to develop better relationships with our fur and feathered family!
Lots of love ❤💞🙌🏻🤗
Shelley
great video. i have been following since the early days. I spent 10 years looking into the issues and the upsides of owning a parrot (Always had cockatiels). your videos have helped me in may ways. once i decided to get one i eventually rehomed a Congo African Grey 5 years ago. best thing I have done
Awe, I love hearing this - thank you for taking the time to share that with us!
@@BirdTricks when I got 'baby' he was 7 years old and the previous owners had no idea of the requirements. Wth the bird and his cage the previous owners dropped off a 20kg bag of sunfour seeds. when I saw that I changed his diet straight away for a proper nut and dried fruit diet. he also had a few behavioural traits that I had to get out of him. its taken a while but with trust building and your videos ( that are a great reference) we are getting there. I havent purchased your training products..... yet, but I am thinking about it. as you know Greys are phobic about changes and new environments but i am wondering if your training products are centralised on the US market (in terms of buying extra's for the parrot). your videos are great and have helped me so much congrats for all of the work you put into them. they are worthwhile. If i lived in the US I would visit your shows
A cockatiel is a type of parrot
Wow you guys really get around !
It's crazy to think back and realize that everyone I knew who owned birds back when I was a kid had the birds' wings clipped. How depressing!
Jamie, you’re amazing
Loved hearing your stories and backgrounds. Always wanted to know. Thx!!! You two together are great synergy - feel the two of you together will make great contributions to the animal training community.
Amazing story!
I love watching you guys ,I always learn something new 💜
Thank you for sharing
I love this video so much. It speaks to my soul as a pet trainer. Animals have so many things to say, and we have to learn to listen and understand.
Fascinating Awesome Video Story of your Journey with Bird Training.
I remember have a DVD years a go with David and his brother.
Loved it!
THANKFULLY Jamie loves Dave❣❣🥰🤣
such an amazing story, congratulations guys, all your information is so helpful
So interesting I love watching all your videos great energy much love take care xoxo
You said it better than I could. They are great.
Thank you both so much!
She's so good with birds now you'd never know you weren't!!
Omg I’m just watching this old video now and this was so exciting and scary and sooo cool how you filmed Cressy being chased by seagulls.!!! I loved that so much, to see how it unfolded and how you guys were thinking. I wish I could do this with my parakeet but I’m sure he would get eaten. It’s a beautiful thing you guys do. Ps 🥰 to your daughter she’s such a cute trainer!
You are an awesome couple ❣️
I'm a great fan, following , watching every video I can, I love the idea of free flight, and agree wholeheartedly it's not only the bird that is learning, we all benefit from this, I'm like Jamie, communicate with animals slot better than people.🤩😁. Thank you both, keep on rocking 😍😍
you guys are couple goals!
I love Morgan so much. And I love Jamieleigh.
I absolutely love your videos I love birds I think they are the most amazing animals thank you for sharing your experience with them