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I do parties and classes with my animals, including my gliders. I would really like ********* to learn to fly from a volunteer, or a pedestal the volunteer holds, to me on command. I am doing this through clicker training. He is doing pretty good, but it is slow work.

Has anyone else trained their glider to do anything?

Kieana, back flips are actually a sign of stress in sugar gliders, especially lone gliders. Here are some links with more about it:
http://www.sugarglider.com/glidergossip/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=15947
http://www.sugar-gliders.com/sugar-glider-reviews.htm
http://sugarglidersrus.com/gliders/content/view/32/46/
http://www.allaboutsugargliders.com/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=213

Doing consecutive back flips is a sign of SERIOUS mental distress and sometimes even mental illness so I would recommend checking out your glider's living conditions - size of cage, having a buddy, proper diet, etc. Not to rain on your parade, but that is just a very worrisome thing! cry

Since ********* passing, I haven't really done any clicker training with the gliders. The thing is, he was REALLY the only one who showed any eagerness to learn new things. So I just let the girls do their own thing and focused on him for training.

However, in bringing Lilo and Nani to parties with OUT our little boy, Lilo HAS stepped up and done better than I thought possible in front of groups. So I may do some LIGHT training with her after all. Just basic touch target stuff, not flying on command, but maybe making sure she knew I would reward her if I were to, like, show the kids her gliding membrane or even, IF SHE WAS HAVING A BRAVE DAY AND FELT LIKE IT, be petted by participants. Usually she will have NONE of that from anyone but me, so we shall see.