T hank you all for your welcome my bird is called swipper as she use to swipe all shiny things. someone was selling the bird as he had to work away from home a lot and he had no time to spare for swipper which was not fair to the bird so i bought her as i don`t work and have the time to devote to her and my dog ofcourse.3 weeks as passed and dog is so jealous still ifthe bird sit on my hand the dog as to be held by the collar if the bird sits still on her cage dog is fine and i do give dog praise all the time.