<p>we also used to have a Patagonian Conure, but my parents recently took him to a bird shop that could take better care of him than we could.</p>
<p>Not only was he LOUD, but he was another vicious bird (again, except for my dad…I dunno what it is about him that they loved). Also, everyone loved the parrot because he could “talk” so much that they kind of ignored the conure.</p>
<p>Mickey (the conure) would talk when he thought no one was in the room. He also imitated the crows by our house, and that became his “alarm” screech…he was situated in front of a window that looks out on our backyard, and would screech whenever the dogs would bark or he would see something in our yard.</p>
<p>Jake and Izzy will only chase cats. Although, to be fair, we are in a fairly urban area, so not many squirrels to chase.</p>
<p>There is a flock of wild parrots that fly around our area, and Sandy (the parrot) always gets excited when he hears them.</p>
<p>Funny story.</p>
<p>One day, my mom (who works at home) was walking through the house and looked out our front window to see a very large hawk standing in our front yard. He was looking at Sandy, who is visible from our front window.</p>
<p>About a half hour later, my mom hears a large “thud” from her office. She comes out and sees that the hawk flew into our front window in order to get at Sandy. We haven’t seen him since, but that was a while ago.</p>
<p>Jake, the black lab, is pretty old for a lab…maybe 10 or 11. He has been very inactive lately. </p>
<p>Then, one day, my dad came home with two tennis balls. He is so funny with them, it’s like he’s a puppy again. :)</p>
<p>My parents say as well that after Jake and Izzy, there will be no more dogs. But we’ll see what mom says after Jake and Izzy are gone. :)</p>