ktluvszoe
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Hi, I notice that some of you seem to have birds and dogs. Wondering how you manage to get peace for the two? Currently I live at home with my parents and expect to for at least the next 2 years. We used to only have my lovebird and she got lots of out of cage time, but my grandmother recently passed and we had to take in her yorkie mix. Blacky (the dog) shows a lot of aggression towards her (Lola) and vice versa. They both lunge at and stalk each other and get upset when the other gets attention. I’ve worked on training blacky (he was previously completely untrained) and taught Lola some basic commands (but she’s not very obedient). Blacky’s training has gone well for the most part but becomes very shaky when she’s out of her cage. He becomes very excitable and starts to shake and really stalk/hunt, only occasionally listening to my orders. All the while, Lola is trying to swoop down on him. He once grabbed her and had her in his mouth (called 3 vets, over a month ago, she’s fine) because she was teasing him. I was trying to separate them but he got around me.
The resulting situation has turned into very little out of cage time for Lola, because it’s not safe for her to be out unless Blacky can be caged or out of the room. It feels extremely cruel, because I love Lola, am committed to having her for the next 25 years (if she lives that long), and am not open to the idea of rehoming her. My parents are not open to the idea of rehoming Blacky because they think of him as the last part of my grandmother we have and he’s an otherwise very sweet dog. I’m grieving and under so much added stress by this situation, worrying about my poor bird’s safety, listening to the dog cry, seeing Lola get frustrated in her cage wanting to come out when she can’t, and seeing her be hormonal when she finally gets out after being caged too long.
I’m looking for some tips to facilitate them getting along. I know I can never leave them alone, but basic training (sit, stay, shhhh, no, leave it////step up, down, no, come here) isn’t working. I’ve also tried letting her fly while holding him and petting him, and she just comes over to swoop him or land on me, which triggers a response from him I’m too scared to let play out. I have a fearless bird I’ve tried to work off this video
but anything else is widely appreciated!
The resulting situation has turned into very little out of cage time for Lola, because it’s not safe for her to be out unless Blacky can be caged or out of the room. It feels extremely cruel, because I love Lola, am committed to having her for the next 25 years (if she lives that long), and am not open to the idea of rehoming her. My parents are not open to the idea of rehoming Blacky because they think of him as the last part of my grandmother we have and he’s an otherwise very sweet dog. I’m grieving and under so much added stress by this situation, worrying about my poor bird’s safety, listening to the dog cry, seeing Lola get frustrated in her cage wanting to come out when she can’t, and seeing her be hormonal when she finally gets out after being caged too long.
I’m looking for some tips to facilitate them getting along. I know I can never leave them alone, but basic training (sit, stay, shhhh, no, leave it////step up, down, no, come here) isn’t working. I’ve also tried letting her fly while holding him and petting him, and she just comes over to swoop him or land on me, which triggers a response from him I’m too scared to let play out. I have a fearless bird I’ve tried to work off this video