>I am the proud owner of a baby Quaker Parrot and so far all is well
>with him. I have three dogs and so far they aren't behaving to badly
>with the bird,but I have to be very watchful as I have had a bird in
>the past that the dogs killed. I was devastated.  I have decided that I
>will part with my dogs to have this bird. cindy clifton
Hi, Cindy, and welcome to Parrots. I'm the moderator.
I have 16 birds, and in April, I got a LARGE dog, a 90 pound retired
racing greyhound. I was fearful that Tesla, the dog, would go after the
birds. I set up several safeguards to prevent accidents.
First, the birds are NOT allowed out of their cages unsupervised. That
way, nobody can end up on the floor within dog reach when I'm not
around. Second, the door to the room with the breeder birds is closed
when I'm not in there. The door to the pet birds' room has a 32" tall
steel-mesh and wood baby gate across the door at ALL times except when
I'm actually going in or out of the room. When I leave the house, I
close the door to that room too.
When I DO take a bird out of the cage to play, Tesla goes outside or
downstairs. Or else my husband watches him closely, if, for example, the
weather is too bad to put him outside. If I have to leave the room while
a bird is out, and the dog is in that room, the bird goes with me.
Good solid obedience training for the dog is another safeguard. We are
working with Tesla now, teaching him "no" and "leave it".
So far, Tesla has not shown interest in the birds (he actually seems to
be afraid of them when they're uncaged) but I'm not willing to take
chances.
Maybe some of what I've been doing might help you to keep your baby
safe.
Welcome aboard the echo!
--Kathy
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