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Anyone seen this weeks DUzy's? (Original Post) Callmecrazy Jun 2013 OP
Today's DUzy's are delayed until tomorrow. In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #1
Cool! A Sunday two-fer. Callmecrazy Jun 2013 #2
Something to think about until tomorrow: In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #3
Dragon hunting sarge43 Jun 2013 #4
Perfect! In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #5
I feel sorry for that cat sarge43 Jun 2013 #6
My Golden had scabs on the top of her head from cockatoo bites. In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #7
My two Cavaliers are absolute slaves to the African Grey. nolabear Jun 2013 #8
African Greys are tricksters. In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #9
"Dogs! They're soooo easy." n/t sarge43 Jun 2013 #10
Hah! Yes, she definitely has a wicked sense of humor. nolabear Jun 2013 #11
Don't be so sure that it was pure coincidence. Greys are extremely smart. In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #12
I'd believe it if she could have seen the guy, but she couldn't. nolabear Jun 2013 #13

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
7. My Golden had scabs on the top of her head from cockatoo bites.
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 01:37 PM
Jun 2013

Leigh was always checking out what Pookie had dropped/thrown.

The chocolate lab is too shy to pick around under Pookie.

nolabear

(41,984 posts)
8. My two Cavaliers are absolute slaves to the African Grey.
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 01:46 PM
Jun 2013

Pidge knows full well that if she throws food onto the floor Tucker and Merrily can't help but come running. If the cage is open she'll hang upside down like a bat and wait for them, then grab what fur she can while they're foraging. Honestly, with Pidge and Bunny the Cat around, the dogs are pretty much at the bottom of the food chain.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
9. African Greys are tricksters.
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 01:52 PM
Jun 2013

We had one living with us for 10 years until his owner moved. The bird had a vocabulary of over 500 words. He made jokes: Ask one of the dogs Want some? An older chocolate lab walked over wagging her tail. The Grey threw a candle off a nearby shelf and laughed as the lab bit the wax.


nolabear

(41,984 posts)
11. Hah! Yes, she definitely has a wicked sense of humor.
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 02:08 PM
Jun 2013

Give her something she doesn't want to eat and she flings it as hard as she can and gives this incredibly annoyed little squawk. She likes to burrow under the sofa cushions beside us and pop her head up and laugh. I don't know what her vocabulary is; it's an interesting mix of many human words and phrases, and sounds that makeup her communicative language and are easy to comprehend. For example, she likes a particular pair of shoes I have that squeak on the floor. When she sees them she makes the squeak. When I open the door to the outside she caws like the crows that she loves outside. When Game of Thrones comes on she caws like the ravens in the show, which she immediately took to. When we start down to the floor level she whistles for the dogs, anticipating that we're taking them for a walk. She identifies the dogs by their barks, and clearly knows who's who. One of her latest favorites is a sausage I've been eating that whistles when you microwave it. Let me start fixing breakfast and she starts the sausage whistle, all excited.

Yesterday she did something I have always sort of feared she would do. Our balcony overlooks a busy street, with many joggers of an afternoon. I was standing on the balcony when a gorgeous young man jogged by and, yep, she wolf whistled. It was pure coincidence but he gave me a look...

Wonderful, wonderful little soul.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
12. Don't be so sure that it was pure coincidence. Greys are extremely smart.
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 02:12 PM
Jun 2013

Perhaps she was playing a joke on you.

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