neighbors and dogs!

[SteveA]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

It sounds like AW is preaching what Ceasar from the Dog Whisperer show reinforces in every one of his shows.Pretty amazing to watch the immediate response he gets.

Ceasar has mastered the ability to "read" dogs.

I found this interesting and useful. Best to know what your dealing with when you, or you and your dog when out for a walk, and encounter another dog.

http://www.pawsacrossamerica.com/interpret.html

[BGB2]

A friend's wife has two small yapping annoying dogs. Joe, the friend, got a parrot with the idea of teaching the parrot to tell the dogs to "#!x% shut up." Instead, the parrot imitates the barking of the dogs and their telephone. Now he listens to constant barking, plus he sometimes answers the ringing parrot.

There are worse things than having a neighbor with a barking dog.

[tis]

I hate to say it but I don't think your friend was too smart to think a parrot would not learn to imitate the yapping dogs! But I loved the story!

[Nadia]

Originally Posted by BGB2

A friend's wife has two small yapping annoying dogs. Joe, the friend, got a parrot with the idea of teaching the parrot to tell the dogs to "#!x% shut up." Instead, the parrot imitates the barking of the dogs and their telephone. Now he listens to constant barking, plus he sometimes answers the ringing parrot.

There are worse things than having a neighbor with a barking dog.

That's funny, and it reminds me of a really funny bird who belongs to the beloved and missed Pepper. When Pepper went away on business or vacation I would house-sit and take care of her pets. A beautiful macaw named Reeka lives with Waldo & Pepper and their loving little hot dog Fritz. Without any predictability Reeka will imitate Pepper's voice to a "T" and randomly yell "FRITZ! Wanna go out?" And little old Fritz would bumble off the couch, across the floor and go stand beside the door wagging his tail. She would also ask "Want a treat?" Poor dog. He would come out to the kitchen and look around for Pepper, wanting his treat. The bird could really torment the dog when she wanted to. I also remember being at one end of the house and yelling to my friend who was out in the garage changing their oil. I yelled out "Hey Roger..." and after a short pause the bird yelled back "WHAT?" Got us all confused