Originally posted by slleipnir
Is it possible to have a bird with dogs or cats? I was thinking I could just put the dogs in a diff room if I took them out..not that my dad would ever let me
Absolutely!
As you know, I have Piper, the cockatiel. I have both dogs and cats. Now, I wouldn't trust any of them alone with Piper if he was out of his cage in a second, even though I know how well-trained they are. Neither of them have high prey drives, either. If I'm in the same room with Piper and the dogs, we don't have any problems. Molly and Daisy are actually *scared* of him.

Tiels are great. They're a good bird for a first time owner. We had a couple Canaries a few years back, but Cockatiels are by far the more playful, and love to interact with everybody.