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>Dogs are much easier to be social with
If you understand dog body language, the same with birds.
>You can pet them and touch them more, where birds are more fragile
You wouldn't rough and tumble a pug like you would a corso, the same applies to parrots. You can be rough with larger parrots like macaws.
>Dogs you walk outside for exercise and stimulation
You can walk with a bird, but you will be hard pressed to find a parrot who will actually want to be walked everyday. Most are fine with stimulation inside of a house if you give them toys for as well as your time when you can, doubly so if you have two parrots as they are flock animals and will keep eachother occupied. With a dog you NEED to walk them, birds can be taken out for a walk but they don't NEED to.
>I imagine it would be a depressing life to be a smart creature capable of flight, confined to a small cage, maybe the room when your owner is present.
That same argument can apply to dogs who naturally have large territory boundries in the wild when not domesticated, besides, aviaries exist. Whatever applies to dogs can apply to parrots, but the difference is that a dog is far more demanding physically for their physical requirements to be met while most parrots are just happy if you let them out of the cage for a few hours and let them hang out around you. If you can look after a dog you can look after a parrot, but most retards can't even do either and while dogs will die young when damaged parrots don't and will live decades with the neuroticism for decades.
However, if intelligence is not a requirement I do agree cats are a good option too.
>Dogs are much easier to be social with
If you understand dog body language, the same with birds.
>You can pet them and touch them more, where birds are more fragile
You wouldn't rough and tumble a pug like you would a corso, the same applies to parrots. You can be rough with larger parrots like macaws.
>Dogs you walk outside for exercise and stimulation
You can walk with a bird, but you will be hard pressed to find a parrot who will actually want to be walked everyday. Most are fine with stimulation inside of a house if you give them toys for as well as your time when you can, doubly so if you have two parrots as they are flock animals and will keep eachother occupied. With a dog you NEED to walk them, birds can be taken out for a walk but they don't NEED to.
>I imagine it would be a depressing life to be a smart creature capable of flight, confined to a small cage, maybe the room when your owner is present.
That same argument can apply to dogs who naturally have large territory boundries in the wild when not domesticated, besides, aviaries exist. Whatever applies to dogs can apply to parrots, but the difference is that a dog is far more demanding physically for their physical requirements to be met while most parrots are just happy if you let them out of the cage for a few hours and let them hang out around you. If you can look after a dog you can look after a parrot, but most retards can't even do either and while dogs will die young when damaged parrots don't and will live decades with the neuroticism for decades.
However, if intelligence is not a requirement I do agree cats are a good option too.