I am first and foremost a teacher. I see my job as a parrot behavior consultant as teaching people how to understand and cohabit happily with parrots, as well as teaching people how to teach their parrots how to be good pets. In so doing, I am attempting to maximize the possibility of a parrot living a long, happy and psychologically healthy life with their people. Since parrots are genetically wild animals, even if born in captivity, they won't know how to be a good pet unless they are taught how. Too many parrots are losing their homes due to behavior problems, and this is simply not acceptable for these extraordinary but often aggravating creatures -- they deserve better from us. So I do what I can to educate people about parrots, and try to prevent or correct problems that could threaten the parrot's future as a companion animal.