Confession of a secret yeller

TheDailyPainter said:
The bird constantly tries to boss River around who completely ignores his commands. River is an AKC titled trick dog so my bird heard us working on tricks all the time. "Paws up!" for some reason is one of his favorite phrases. Sometimes we go in the birds room where River likes to put on a show. If River gets over excited the bird says, "doooooown." Also the bird does a dead ringer sheltie bark, and then he says..."quiet...I don't want all that barking!" He calls River all the time in a sweet voice, and sometimes shortens his name to "Ver"
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Oh my....that's hilarious! I can't imagine a bird giving a dog commands! Just curious, when the bird says dooooown does River down? Lol
 
TheDailyPainter said:
The bird constantly tries to boss River around who completely ignores his commands. River is an AKC titled trick dog so my bird heard us working on tricks all the time. "Paws up!" for some reason is one of his favorite phrases. Sometimes we go in the birds room where River likes to put on a show. If River gets over excited the bird says, "doooooown." Also the bird does a dead ringer sheltie bark, and then he says..."quiet...I don't want all that barking!" He calls River all the time in a sweet voice, and sometimes shortens his name to "Ver"
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Oh my goodness!! Too funny. I used to work in a vet clinic that boarded birds. We had an African Grey that was a regular. When you came into work in the morning he would say, “Would you like some coffee?” He also sang I Left My Heart in San Francisco.

I can only imagine the conversations Mindy would have with a parrot. Heaven help me!
 
DianeP said:
Oh my goodness!! Too funny. I used to work in a vet clinic that boarded birds. We had an African Grey that was a regular. When you came into work in the morning he would say, “Would you like some coffee?” He also sang I Left My Heart in San Francisco.

I can only imagine the conversations Mindy would have with a parrot. Heaven help me!
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I think it'd drive my dogs to murder :ROFLMAO:! Especially saying there's a fly all the time lol!
 
If you are interested I have a link to my blog post featuring a budgie I once had singing the theme from Mr. Ed. This particular bird was an amazing talker. I have many more recordings of him. Unfortunately, he is no longer living. And to Piper's Mom...no River absolutely never follows commands from the bird. Neither did my last sheltie who knew this same bird. I often wondered if the dogs think all the birds in the world can talk, and wonder why the sparrows in the garden don't boss them around also.
https://furfeathersandflyingpaintbrushes.wordpress.com/2020/07/28/a-budgie-sings-mr-ed-theme/
 
TheDailyPainter said:
If you are interested I have a link to my blog post featuring a budgie I once had singing the theme from Mr. Ed. This particular bird was an amazing talker. I have many more recordings of him. Unfortunately, he is no longer living. And to Piper's Mom...no River absolutely never follows commands from the bird. Neither did my last sheltie who knew this same bird. I often wondered if the dogs think all the birds in the world can talk, and wonder why the sparrows in the garden don't boss them around also.
https://furfeathersandflyingpaintbrushes.wordpress.com/2020/07/28/a-budgie-sings-mr-ed-theme/
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That was hilarious! You wouldn't know it was even a bird singing it!
Amazing the things you can teach a budgie!
Good thing River doesn't follow his commands, that would be very confusing!
 
DianeP said:
I love all of these stories!! We all love our shelties and want to be positive as possible. But, we are human and have our moments.

I know we do need to employ Glenn’s methods when it comes to the sliding glass door and Mindy. So many triggers...first, the latch, then the sliding noise and movement, then the screen moving and making noise, then someone going outside! Add the grill in there and you’d think the world was coming to an end!

Of course, once we were out there last night with burgers cooking and Mindy on her dad’s lap she was calm as could be. :)
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I have this problem with Minnie, it's gotten a bit better. I have her sit and stay while I open the windows, turn on the fans; little noises she barks at. It works, but only if she's sitting and staying.
 
TheDailyPainter said:
yes! YES! Sometimes I yell. Okay every day during wolfing hour. River gets so wound up, and even if we go outside to run around and play he can't settle down. I can even feel his muscles are tight because he is so tense. That's when my parrot starts yelling before he settles in to sleep, and River jumps up and down at the TV. I yell HEY! Settle down that's enough! And God forbid if a fly gets in...hysteria. Sometimes the parrot even says, "I have a fly," because one year they were getting in through the chimney and wood stove and we had one every few minutes for like a week. Please don't ever let that happen again. I'm glad I'm not the only one who loses it. Oh, and 99% of the time River is very well trained and wants to do the right thing, it's just something about that time of night before he settles in to sleep.
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DianeP said:
Oh my goodness!! Too funny. I used to work in a vet clinic that boarded birds. We had an African Grey that was a regular. When you came into work in the morning he would say, “Would you like some coffee?” He also sang I Left My Heart in San Francisco.

I can only imagine the conversations Mindy would have with a parrot. Heaven help me!
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:yuckyuck:yuckyuck:yuckyuck:yuckyuck:yuckyuck:yuckyuck
 
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