Love hearing the stories about all the birds and dogs are part of the pack and how they interact. That's just fantastic. mj
________________________________ From: Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, November 4, 2010 1:21:48 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Standars?? Big round ears & short pointy ears + Apple & Fox It's not a general rule that large parrots don't like dogs. I have a yellow collar mini macaw who as a baby (Happy is now 22yrs old) was raised with dogs at the time and she is bonded to any dog. In fact she can be a royal pain in the neck because she does nothing but call them and wants to be on the floor playing with them all the time.LoL. I also have a green cheek conure, (Rainbow is now 21 yrs old) who also likes the dogs. Princess my mini Eskie is very protective of the birds and considers them part of the pack. When Happy calls her over, she does it by dropping her sunflower seeds on the floor as an offering and then she will hang down from the cage and lets Princess kiss her. Rainbow lures Princess over by banging on her bell and then tries to push her beak through the wire so Princess can lick her as well. They all seem to understand each others calls and sounds and body language. ♥ Peggy & The Girls ♥ -----Original Message----- From: Jacqueline Crawley-Ewing <[email protected]> To: Chihuahuas <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Nov 4, 2010 3:25 pm Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Standars?? Big round ears & short pointy ears + Apple & Fox LOL Bigger Parrots have disdain for dogs. I don't think the Budgies will be dive-bombing the dog! - but they will be jealous [which is unclear]. They help me make our bed - silly things run all over the bed and tug at teh covers. I will have to be careful. They are pretty hyper and get very vocal - hope they don't encourage the dog to be vocal. ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, November 4, 2010 2:33:03 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Standars?? Big round ears & short pointy ears + Apple & Fox My little budgie has been dead a long time. For the past 8 yrs I've had a red bellied parrot named Beau. Beau was here before Emiliano came to live with us and he does not like him. He will dive bomb him every chance he gets, he also mimics me and will yell at him "Emiliano, get in the den" when he dares to walk into what he perceives to be his space Gloria -----Original Message----- From: Brea Hicks <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Nov 4, 2010 1:18 pm Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Standars?? Big round ears & short pointy ears + Apple & Fox I like birds but they scare me alot!!!! -- Sent from my Palm Pre ________________________________ On Nov 4, 2010 11:11 AM, Jacqueline Crawley-Ewing <[email protected]> wrote: LOL - I got totally crazy over Budgies about 5 years ago - I have 2 lovely ones. They are standard size - not Show/English. Rio is 3 1/2 - a pale blue with a white head & Bow is 2 - a skyblue yellowface so yellow his blue is now green except in small areas. They are a lot of fun - we have them out of the cage all day - mostly they stay in their room on top of their cage or gym - but they get so excited when someone comes home. Bow loves to ride around on my shoulder - all day if I let him. Rio is always pulling my hair so he can kiss my cheek. All this is pretty much untrained! I really hope a small dog won't be a problem with them - I hope I can train the dog to leave them alone. I'll be in trouble & upset if a new pet causes problems :( ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, November 4, 2010 1:58:26 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Standars?? Big round ears & short pointy ears + Apple & Fox Budgies? I adore them, once had a champion talker named Bunkie, I have hours of tape of him talking and carrying on conversations with me. He lived 6 yrs and I miss him still. Gloria -----Original Message----- From: jacehomeart <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Nov 4, 2010 10:27 am Subject: [Chihuahuas] Standars?? Big round ears & short pointy ears + Apple & Fox Ears - Is there a corrct size? Head shape - I like both but was puzzled when I saw the differences. When someone mentioned the 'fox' head I was intrigued - had only ever heard of the 'apple'. If nothing else the standard for Chihuahuas seems to be a healthy mix. I have noticed that some breeders have the smaller eared dogs and they tend to be 'apple heads'. Some dogs seem to have really big ears- all are seriously cute. Nice for us owners - we can have a choice. It all seems moot as I will be getting a rescue - but already I can see all the variations. Coats, ears, head, colouring.....makes me think they are more like my Budgies LOL
