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Yellow Saddle

Yellow Saddle

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wheresthetorch said:
Or keep a dog in a house and garden all its life, with just a daily walk outside and no other canine company, when it could be running free in the hills with the pack, fighting, mating and eating under the leaden skies.
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I will assume you're just being facetious and understand the difference between domesticated and wild animals and dogs with and without a decent social life.
 
wheresthetorch

wheresthetorch

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Yellow Saddle said:
I will assume you're just being facetious and understand the difference between domesticated and wild animals and dogs with and without a decent social life.
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Yes, semi-facetious, but also making a point about anthropomorphism.
 
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Get some Chipmunks in an outdoor cage. keep you entertained for hours, big aviary type cage with a link to the house with a small cage.
 
jefmcg

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wheresthetorch said:
Or keep a dog in a house and garden all its life, with just a daily walk outside and no other canine company, when it could be running free in the hills with the pack, fighting, mating and eating under the leaden skies.
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Most dogs get to run every day. They interact with the households they live in much the way they would with a pack.

If you caged a dog so it could never run again, and did not relate to it in a way that resembled a pack, then yes that would be cruelty. I would assume the RSPCA could intervene.
 
Globalti

Globalti

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I've noticed that owners of African grey parrots seem to become very emotionally attached to their pets. Paul Theroux even mentions it in his book My Secret History, which is thought to be partly autobiographical.
 
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Profpointy

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wheresthetorch said:
Yes, semi-facetious, but also making a point about anthropomorphism.
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Maybe a better analogy would be the dog chained in a yard all its life with no running round, walks, or companionship.

A dog who's part of a (human) pack, excercised and played with tends to be a happy dog, eve if it's not out hunting with a pack of its own kind in the Serengeti.

I fear a house parrot, especially if caged is more like the chained up dog.
 
jefmcg

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Profpointy said:
Maybe a better analogy would be the dog chained in a yard all its life with no running round, walks, or companionship.

A dog who's part of a (human) pack, excercised and played with tends to be a happy dog, eve if it's not out hunting with a pack of its own kind in the Serengeti.

I fear a house parrot, especially if caged is more like the chained up dog.
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One TMN to me.
 
Cuchilo

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My mums friend had a parrot and when her son used to visit her he secretly taught it to swear . She was a lovely old dear and that made it even funnier for everyone else when the parrot used to kick off :laugh:
 
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Cuchilo said:
My mums friend had a parrot and when her son used to visit her he secretly taught it to swear . She was a lovely old dear and that made it even funnier for everyone else when the parrot used to kick off :laugh:
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Nice story, but is it actually true? It takes a huge amount of time to get a bird to talk & to learn new words, unless of course he visited an hour a day for several months.
 
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Phaeton said:
Nice story, but is it actually true? It takes a huge amount of time to get a bird to talk & to learn new words, unless of course he visited an hour a day for several months.
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Can't help wondering if it might be easier, and funnier, to teach new words to a small child.
 
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