Reply #22: That pup just ain't right. [View All]

[Gormy Cuss]

Poor baby does seem either obsessed or possessed.

Once I had two roommates, one with plants and a puppy, the other with a pair of parakeets. The parakeets had free range in the house during the day when no one was at home. They didn't bother the puppy and he probably liked the company. The problem was that one of the parakeets had a habit of nibbling on the plants and that roommate would flip out over the little bird bites on her perfect houseplants.

One evening the bird owner and I noticed that the male parakeet was flying more than usual but was not squawking at all. We watched him for a while and he seems to be trying to squawk, but no sound emanated. The third roomie came home, went to her room and came back out to the living to complain yet again about the bird nibbles, this time on her dieffenbachia. Fortunately, the parakeet recovered and learn a hard lesson. He never nibbled the houseplants again.;-)