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Have you ever had any experience with African Grays? They are quite the bird. They are extremely smart but some of them can also be vicious. Anyway, when I was the SPCA President and an Inspector here, we had an African Gray surrendered to the Shelter. He was quite a good bird and we were able to teach him words and phrases quite quickly. One day, a lady came in and she adopted the bird. This lady also owned a small dog of some sort, the kind of dog escapes me at the moment. However, about 2+ months after she adopted "Beaker" she came into the Shelter to tell us how it was going. She said the bird fit right in and loved the family and was good with the pets. But what she wanted to report was that she kept her little dogs basket (bed) in the kitchen corner and lots of times she would tell the dog to "go get in your basket". The dog always obeyed she said. But then one day she happened to walk into the kitchen just in time to hear Beaker abruptly address the dog and said "go get in your basket"!! She said the dog immediately got up and went straight to her basket. She said she was surpised that the bird had picked up this phrase and she was even more surprised to see how quickly the dog obey Beakers command. The scenario became a regular ritual in their household and entertained company too!!. I laughed when I heard that one. Before that African Gray came into the Shelter I never knew that they were so darn smart.

That's a very long post for a blonde girl that's so short....

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Hi Lynn....

Lynn.. that is so funny.. I don't know anything about African Grays, but that poor dog probably spent most of his life in his bed after it learned that phrase..lol.

Animals sure are funny... even the male human kind.. heh heh heh.... ;)