posted on February 18, 2001 09:59:56 PM new
Did anyone see the Dachshund on Letterman the othe night..chasing a ball while inside a pillow case!!...I thought I was gonna choke!!!! Absolutely the best ..all one could see was the little tail wagging as the dog HOPPED around the stage chasing the ball..
That is a BEAUTIFUL bird cmhaas! Maybe your folks should send in a vid to Letterman!
Keith
I assume full responsibility for my actions, except
the ones that are someone else's fault.
posted on February 19, 2001 06:23:46 AM new
Shadowcat,
No, Pepe's tail is not supposed to look chopped off, even though he's not even a year old yet. He used to have a beautiful tail, but he plays so much in his cage that he messed up his tail feathers! Eventually they will grow back.
posted on February 19, 2001 06:44:25 AM new
That is absolutely tooooo funny. And I thought my dog was wierd, cause if we leave him too long in the house without going outside for business, he uses the kitty litter. Boy to I get hate looks from the cat!!
And...Shadowcat; my first thought was about those dishes!!! LMAO
posted on February 19, 2001 06:51:09 AM new
The dishes go in the dishwasher - Mom rinses them and sits them in the sink and then puts them in the dishwasher!
posted on February 19, 2001 07:04:31 AM new
Christina,,,I truly was just kidding you about the dishes (I apologize; truly no offense meant). Great bird and great thread. Janet
posted on February 19, 2001 02:12:05 PM new
Such a nice thread, THANK YOU!
Just before she passed away, my Princess Marshmellow, of blessed memory, took to napping in a paper bag, on the porch. No fancy trick, I admit...
Perhaps she felt the end was near...This became her favorite spot...2 weeks later, she was no more.
posted on February 19, 2001 05:56:02 PM newCmhaas: Whew! Glad to hear the bird's tailfeathers will grow back. Glad to hear about the dishes, too.Cute bird
Edited to add: We used to have a cat and dog who would dance with each other. Since we don't have a digital camera or a scanner, you'll just have to imagine a black and white cat and a sable Sheltie, both on their hind legs with their front paws on each other's shoulders.
posted on February 19, 2001 07:48:04 PM new
Ok, I can't post the actual "singing" here, but my dog "sings" to Shania Twain's "Man, I feel like a woman"...all I have to do is start the "oh oh oh ohhhh" part and he howls right along...it's hilarious! I am cracking up thinking about it
Kaffro
posted on February 19, 2001 09:21:23 PM new
I don't have any pics either, but one of my dogs have mastered pulling open the kitchen drawer where I keep the doggus treats. He apparently grasps the drawer pull and steps backwards, I guess. I have never caught him in the act. I have, however, come home and found his mayhem strewn about the floor tile.
*edited for typo*
[ edited by Baduizm on Feb 19, 2001 09:22 PM ]
posted on February 19, 2001 09:46:35 PM new
I'll post a link to these photos since they're kind of large.
Jack, my male yorkie, has claimed my old office chair as "his". Okay, so it doesn't help that I put "his" fleece blanket in "his" chair to make it softer for his spoiled l'il tushy. he he
(Excuse the paint that's on hubby's hat and clothes - he paints switchgear houses and electrical cabinets where he works, and he gets paint all over him! Excuse the carpet, too -- the carpet in my eBay room has got to be replaced!)
posted on February 19, 2001 11:04:41 PM new
Tried to list photo of our parakeets, but don't know how to do it...sorry
[ edited by GrumpynAM on Feb 19, 2001 11:06 PM ]
tried to put photo on again, but don't know how
[ edited by GrumpynAM on Feb 19, 2001 11:10 PM ]
posted on February 20, 2001 04:01:08 AM new
Some years ago an old friend of mine used to have a galah (a notoriously dopey Australian type of parrot).
It would poke its head into an old sneaker, stagger out, spin around in a circle and then lie on its back with its legs straight up in the air and sqawk PHEW!!!, PHEW!!!!.
posted on February 20, 2001 04:54:36 AM new
Love the bird! We used to have a parakeet that would sit on our mobile and dive bomb the poodle.
Our weimaraner loves hubby's chair. He will go to the door and bark to be let out. When hubby gets up to let him out, he runs and jumps in the chair real quick. Then it's a fight to get him out of it!
posted on February 20, 2001 02:26:38 PM newBob & bearmom, your stories have me roflmao! Thanks My dog gets in my chair when I get up too. Then he growls and talks the whole time I'me trying to get him back out!
Grumpy, what a cute picture!! I love the little skate board. Thank you so much for sharing!
~~Angels fly because they take themselves lightly ~~
posted on February 21, 2001 11:24:26 PM new
Petie looks just like my first parakeet, Grumpy.
Always liked African Greys, and Pepe looks like a great one. The only parrot with as good a rep for mimicing human speech happens to be the Panama Amazon:
That's Leo (entirely too well known in some circles). He's 8-1/2, and has a repetoire that includes about 20 or 30 phrases, 10 whistles, 5 distinct laughs, 2 operatic singing riffs, and too many noises to count. His original owner's voice was about two octaves higher than mine, so he does a lot of the phrases in two different voices.
Oh, and he also does this strange repetitive noise which I couldn't identify; my girlfriend practically passed out from laughing when she first heard it... apparently it's me, snoring.
-gaffan-
posted on February 22, 2001 08:05:06 AM new
gaffan: Actually, the African Grey can perfectly mimick human speech as well as a person's voice. My parents also have another Grey besides Pepe, her name is Nicholas. Well, she started out as Nicholas but after laying so many eggs, she's now a Nicole! Anyway, Nicholas has both of my parents' voices down so well that you would think my parents are in the room when she talks! It's really weird to hear my father's voice coming from a bird! And she often carries on a conversation with herself going back and forth between the two voices.
Of course, when ever the phone rings, Nicholas immediately says "Hello." When the dog comes up to her cage (she and the dog do NOT get along), Nicholas says "Move it!" or "get in your box." She also whistles for the dog, but the dog has learned to ignore her. And when she does something wrong she'll say "that's not nice." She can associate her phrases very well with whatever is going on or what she happens to be doing at the time.
Greys pick up everything without much effort - words, phrases, sounds - you name it. My parents never know what their birds will come up with next.
I have my own Grey, Smokey, although he's not tame like Pepe and Nicholas. Every day when I get ready to go out the door, Smokey says "bye-bye" and "see ya later alligator." I really have to laugh at that. And whenever I get ready to feed my four cats and Smokey hears me cleaning our the bowls he says "meow, meow, meow." He doesn't meow like a cat, he says the words the way a human does.
Parrots are great company and such fun to be around. We all have our favorites. My sister has a Yellow Nape that sings opera, a Military Macaw that loves to drink beer out of a bottle and a African Grey that is quite happy imitating the other two birds.
Leo looks like he's a great bird too. Kind of funny isn't it the way they worm their way into your heart and become such a big part of your family!
posted on February 22, 2001 10:09:42 AM new
Indeed. In a lot of ways they're like kids, except there's no chance they'll move out when they turn 18.
When I got Leo, his first human servant emailed a list of all the things he knew how to say, adding at the end "Oh, and there's the 'telephone conversation'. You'll know it when you hear it."
Took a few weeks, but one day he just started : "Hello? Oh, hi. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. No..Really?".. and so on for about ten minutes.
I always get a bye-bye when I'm leaving. Someone was once trying to prompt a bye-bye, and Leo was having none of it; he then went to leave and opened the door, causing Leo to yell "SHUT THE DOOR!". Then he laughed at the guy.
posted on February 22, 2001 10:21:42 AM new
Love the parrot stories...thought I'd
share this joke I recently received.
A little Parrot humor!
A thief broke into a home in the dark of
night, armed with only a pen light.
He spotted a CD Player grabbed it and
dropped it in his bag. At that moment a
disembodied voice yelled out of the
darkness..."Jesus is watching you!"
Terrified the thief shut off his light and
stood very still. When nothing happened
he turned on the light and flashed it on
the stereo player. As he was pulling out
the wires the voice once again said,
"Jesus is watching you!"
The thief flashed his light around the
room and discovered a Parrot in the far corner. He hissed at him, "Did you say that?" To which the Parrot responded,
"I'm only trying to warn you."
"What is your name?" the thief asked. "Moses," replied the Parrot.
"What kind of stupid people would name a Parrot, Moses" asked the thief?
"Same people that named the Rotweiller, Jesus," replied the Parrot!
posted on February 22, 2001 11:08:36 AM new
Great bird pictures!
My sister had two longhaired male cats from the same litter. They were very easy going. One day she remarked that they liked to sleep on the bed. I thought,"well,most cats do that." She then proceeded to place one cat on its back with its head on the pillow and covered it up so that only its head showed. She picked up the other cat and placed it beside the first one in the same position and recovered them. They stayed like that for several minutes. She should have taken a picture of them.
[ edited by saabsister on Feb 22, 2001 11:10 AM ]
posted on February 23, 2001 10:01:33 AM new
Well guess it's not a trick, but Sophie has to check out the neighborhood, making sure she doesn't miss anything, as you can see.
She's a Silkie Terrier and full of piss and vinigar always.
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Joan
Cute bird
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