Bird demands walkies with grieving dog owner

Every day Lu Xiao Lin's pet mynah bird wakes him up shouting: 'Time for walkies' and he has to dutifully take the bird down the road for a stroll.

The 61-year-old said: 'I had a dog and I wanted to have another pet so he was not lonely when I was out and as I didn't have space for a second hound I bought the bird.

'They told me in the shop that Mynah birds are very intelligent and I found that out when I discovered that it could talk.

'It quickly started mimicking me when I called the dog to say it was time to go for a walk - or dinner.

'The dog died last year but the bird does not forget and insists on being taken for a walk twice a day - and tells me when it's time for dinner as well.'


http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/844480-bird-demands-walkies-with-grieving-dog-owner

Bird demands walkies with grieving dog owner

Every day Lu Xiao Lin's pet mynah bird wakes him up shouting: 'Time for walkies' and he has to dutifully take the bird down the road for a stroll.

The 61-year-old said: 'I had a dog and I wanted to have another pet so he was not lonely when I was out and as I didn't have space for a second hound I bought the bird.

'They told me in the shop that Mynah birds are very intelligent and I found that out when I discovered that it could talk.

'It quickly started mimicking me when I called the dog to say it was time to go for a walk - or dinner.

'The dog died last year but the bird does not forget and insists on being taken for a walk twice a day - and tells me when it's time for dinner as well.'


http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/844480-bird-demands-walkies-with-grieving-dog-owner

Unlikely double act attracts attention

A mynah bird and a dog who cannot bear to be parted have become local celebrities in China.

The pair are such great friends their owner has built a special perch for the bird which fits on the dog.

Owner Qaiao Yu, of Jinan in northern China's Shandong province, can now take them for a walk together.

He says the unusual pair always attract attention from passers-by and have become famous locally.

"My two pets developed their super friendship after I kept them both in the same room for a long time," he said.

"Now they want to be together all of the time so I made the frame so the bird could join the dog on our walks.

"If someone tries to approach the mynah, the dog will bark crazily. And when the dog is having a nap, the mynah will catch fleas on the dog and comb its hair."

http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Unlikely_double_act_attract_attention

Unlikely double act attracts attention

A mynah bird and a dog who cannot bear to be parted have become local celebrities in China.

The pair are such great friends their owner has built a special perch for the bird which fits on the dog.

Owner Qaiao Yu, of Jinan in northern China's Shandong province, can now take them for a walk together.

He says the unusual pair always attract attention from passers-by and have become famous locally.

"My two pets developed their super friendship after I kept them both in the same room for a long time," he said.

"Now they want to be together all of the time so I made the frame so the bird could join the dog on our walks.

"If someone tries to approach the mynah, the dog will bark crazily. And when the dog is having a nap, the mynah will catch fleas on the dog and comb its hair."

http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Unlikely_double_act_attract_attention