Yorkies & Cockatiels

[orinskye]

Originally Posted by browniesmom622

if brownie got ahold of a outside bird he would eat it

LMAO........ too funny! I love youre bluntness! (oh, and i think toby would too)

[susansmom]

I don't know about Yorkies and cockatiels, but our mutt reluctantly accepted that Fred (son's cockatiel) was part of the family and would have to be tolerated even when Fred was walking down the middle of the narrow hallway forcing the dog to wait for him to make his slow waddling way from one room to the next or when the bird would finally get airborn and dive at him from above. He never tried to attack it.

[knitbritt]

Hi and welcome! I have a cockatiel now and if all goes well I will have a puppy this spring. So I'm afraid I don't have any advice, but I am really glad you posted this and wish you the best of luck.

[Connie]

I have an aviary full of small birds...finches, canaries, etc. Maddie, my yorkie, wants to get those birds bad! I also have a lovebird that inhabits the lower part of the aviary and Maddie teases him and barks at him. I think if she ever had the chance to get him, he'd bite her in the nose. Once she got one of my old canaries in her mouth, but dropped him before she hurt him. I'm not sure what stopped her from biting down...my screaming probably. The bird played dead because we thought he was dead, but suddenly he came to life again.

Anyway, yorkies have a strong desire to hunt...so I would be very careful with your yorkie and the birds!

[Shanatink]

Originally Posted by alaskayorkie

Do these answer your question? Our birds and dogs get along great. We've never had a problem with any of them.

My wife advises to start out slow, though. Introduce the birds one at a time, and give all the animals a chance to calm down between introductions.

OMG! Thats awesome. I want big birds . Your house looks like fun I want to visit

[alaskayorkie]

Originally Posted by Shanatink

OMG! Thats awesome. I want big birds . Your house looks like fun I want to visit

Fun, and LOUD, too, at times. That macaw can SQUAWK. You can visit, as long as you bring Chloe and Tink for Eddie to play with.

[mustangbee]

Yes, Yorkies get along great with birds. Well at least Princess is great with them. We have three furbabies Princess (Yorkie), Poncho (Chihuahua), & Mandy
(Rottie) But we also have five birds, two African Greys, one Cockatiel, and two small Parrots. They all get along great, but one of the Greys learned how to Bark this week, so it's kind of nuts around here.

[yorkieusa]

Muffin wasn't raised around birds - other than the outside kind. There was a pet store that we visited that had birds of all kinds and the screeching scared her to death. She was shaking so bad. I felt terribly sorry for her. I tried numerous times to take her there and show them to her so she wouldn't be scared of them to no avail. She couldn't take it.

I would do a test visit with that little doggie before bringing it permanently into the home. They are all different, but since it is 2 - 3 years of age, that little doggies personality is already formed and you wouldn't want it to live in daily fear. Just a thought...