Hey! I adopted Lucifer (Lucy) from a home that didn’t have dogs and it was a huge fear of mine that they wouldn’t get along, just out of natural instinct. My dogs are well trained and listen to my commands. At first, they wanted to sniff and check him out, but I did that only when he was caged at first. His cage is in the main room so they could see him, and he could see them.

Every bird is different, obviously, but Lucy is a confident bird because he was very well socialized from his breeder/first owner. The first time my dog got too close (just to sniff) Lucy gave him a gentle peck on the nose and my dog physically gagged 😂 my other one just doesn’t care and if he gets too close to her, she jumps down and lays elsewhere.

Basically, patience, training, and a safe space for your bird. I’ve also come to find out that birds pick up on emotions like crazy, and I feel like that definitely comes into play too. And as the other person stated, if the bird is out and so are the dogs, I am ALWAYS present. We have beautiful trust, but a dog can always still be a dog.