A close childhood friend had a pet parrot. And for a time, my parents-in-law kept more than a dozen. I'll stick with dogs thanks. Even cats are too much for me.

A close childhood friend had a pet parrot. And for a time, my parents-in-law kept more than a dozen. I'll stick with dogs thanks. Even cats are too much for me. Apropos, This American Life (Feb 23, 2018) recently aired this: > Veronica Chater explains the conflict in her house between her love for her pet macaw—a kind of parrot—and her love for her husband and three kids. The macaw wreaks a sort of low-level chaos in the house, because it wants Veronica all to itself. (10 minutes) https://www.thisamericanlife.org/639/in-dog-we-trust/act-two-4 https://www.thisamericanlife.org/639/in-dog-we-trust/act-two...