Anyone who doesn't think birds can get along with dogs should watch this video of a cocatoo feeding spaghetti to his dog buddy. (That said, I have to say I don't agree with allowing birds on the stove -- even if it's turned off!) http://www.dogwork.com/brpsk8/ Shae On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Jill Shepard wrote:

I can provide a pic of my cat, Bubba, lounging next to Lucky on the top bunk of my son's bunkbed. Lucky was in her cage and we saw Bubba come into the room. Rather than assume that she would want go after Lucky, we watched and were within a safe distance to grab her if need be, but she walked up to Lucky's cage, sniffed her with indifference (the way only cats can do) and plopped over with her back to Lucky's cage. It was a nice first step for both Bubba and Lucky.

Now, just to be clear, if Lucky showed any signs of being in distress, I would have removed Bubba (since Lucky is recovering from a broken leg), but she didn't so I let them be and kept a watchful eye on both. I think people just want to assume the worst, which is probably a safe assumption, but as we know, animals can surprise us and frequently do.

Jill

--- On *Mon, 10/31/11, Elizabeth Y * wrote:

From: Elizabeth Y Subject: Re: [MickaCoo] [Mickaboo Discuss] dogs and cats and birds (oh my!) To: "General mickaboo discussion" Cc: "MickaCoo@mickaboo.org" , "Janelle White" < janellewhite@sfwar.org> Date: Monday, October 31, 2011, 8:45 AM

So true and a great idea, Pam! I can send in a short bit about my 'blended family' of dog, cats & birds and am cc'ing 'Coo so that they might share on the subject as well. (more details below)

Elizabeth Y

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------------------------------ From: Lee, Pamela A Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 6:58 AM To: discuss@mickaboo.org Subject: [Mickaboo Discuss] dogs and cats and birds (oh my!)

One of the comments we hear frequently at adoption events is “I can’t have a bird – I have cats/dogs”. Now, I **k**now** cats/dogs/birds can co-exist with a bit of extra effort. I’d like to put an article about that into our upcoming newsletter, sooo may I ask those of you who **have** cats/dogs and birds in their households to write to *pambudgie@yahoo.com*http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=pambudgie@yahoo.com? Just a blurb about what you do to keep your birds safe from their traditional predators (cats/dogs). And if you have a picture you want to share to illustrate your point, that would be fabulous too!

Annnndd finally, if we have any writers out there who would like to pull all of this together (by mid-December) – let me know at pambudgie@yahoo.com!

- Pam -

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