How to train your phoenix

1. To begin, it is important that your phoenix learn not to burst into flames near anything flammable. This may take some time to accomplish, so remember to carry a fire extinguisher with you at all times.
2. Maintain a strict diet. Depending upon the breed, your phoenix may have a taste for small mammals. Make it clear to your phoenix that the neighborhood pets are off the menu.
3. Set boundaries. Do not allow your phoenix to invade areas that you have not approved. During winter, do not allow your phoenix to expand its territory when the other birds migrate.
4. Beware of socialization. Learn about any other phoenixes in the area. While some breeds will form large social flocks, others are solitary creatures and will react violently when meeting another phoenix.
5. Form rules. Phoenixes are intelligent creatures. Immediately after introducing your phoenix into your home, clearly and firmly outline the rules. If your phoenix is mischievous, you may have to prove to it that you are a person worth respecting and obeying.
6. Prevent jealousies. Do not neglect your phoenix. Provide it with care and affection, so that it does not grow jealous of the other people you associate with. A jealous phoenix is dangerous.
7. Avoid overindulgence. Phoenixes can be extremely vain creatures. While some pride is beneficial for your phoenix, too much causes foolhardy tendencies that will lead to deadly consequences.
8. Show caution when introducing new people. Phoenixes are excellent at reading the emotions of their owner. Maintain a positive attitude when you have visitors who are not known to your phoenix. If your phoenix decides that it doesn't like someone, it will drive them out of its territory with little regard to your objections.
9. Plan on not having other pets. With only a few exceptions, phoenixes do not permit other animals to reside within its roost.
10. Prepare to retrain. Due to their unique physiology, phoenixes are constantly in a cycle of death and rebirth. Though some memories and traits survive through the cycle, be prepared to train the new chick as you taught its predecessor.