So We Got a Dog…

Dexter chilling in his bed

After Connie, our Sun Conure, died we were devastated. It was sudden. And the hole she left in our lives remains. But we knew another parrot, save an older bird, was irresponsible. They live for long decades. They are bright and attach to their flock…er, humans.

From intelligence studies, we know they are actually brighter than dogs (science, it is what it is.) No birds do not just mimic human speech. They are quite good at using it in context. They are also much easier to feed…far less restriction.

So we have been looking for a small dog, and we adopted Dexter out of the city shelter. He is a tad older than we wanted, but came house trained, crate trained and all that. He also loves going on walks, but as a good chihuahua he is always cold.

He is bigger than the breed standard and heavier, about double in fact. His vet did not say a thing about his weight, though recommended a diet that while commercial is more like homemade. I am still confused about this. Dogs co-evolved with humans and were fed table scraps for the last seventy thousand years. Yet, vets are dead set against what dogs have been eating for most of their co-evolution with humans.

But this guy came with some dermatitis issues, and probably it is allergic in nature. So…will do what needs doing. The same kinds of allergies are also growing with humans…so there is that. I…