Sammy vs. the Dogs

I'm a HUGE animal lover. I have had an iguana, a bearded dragon, an anole, three sugar gliders, 3 dogs (Lulu, Marty and Misha) and two canaries. I know what you're thinking. We have lots of room for more animals so we got Sammy. The three dogs have always been with me around the house. I work from home and so they have me pretty much all day long. Now that Sammy's here, he wants to be with us all the time too which is okay if he wanted to stay in his cage, but he doesn't. He wants to be on my shoulder or the back of my chair. The breeder said that we are Sammy's "flock" and he will want to be with us all the time.

My dog Lulu is a rescue dog and she is the head bitch of the group. She has to always, always, always be in charge of everything. She constantly growls at Misha. So much so it's terribly annoying. Well, she also wants to control Sammy. So the two cannot be left alone and never ever can she be around him when he's out of his cage. If Lulu gets too close to the cage, Sammy will puff up and growl and run at her with his beak open, but he hasn't fooled Lu.

So my day starts like this...Paul gets up earlier than me and takes Sammy out of his cage for some one -on -one time and breakfast. Sammy's favorite is Peaches n' Cream oatmeal. I stay in bed because the dogs won't leave the bedroom until I do. This lasts about an hour.

Then Sammy goes up and the dogs come out. Then after the Ellen show, I put the dogs outside and bring Sammy to my work room (bedroom again) and he stays out for about an hour, usually on the back of my chair. This is also his time to "poop". And yes, you can teach a bird to poop on command!! This routine is repeated 2 to 3 times a day. The dogs and Sammy are all starting to get used to this routine. Except when Paul goes out of town. That's a whole other blog....

More later.