Kelly
LOL...... Cocker Spaniel, eh?
Google images of Landseer Newfoundland dog

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I'm a sucker for animals too, so I totally understand where you're coming from. I always say, that I love all animals better than I like most peope

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How long have I had birds?
Well I was bitten by a very large parrot on the finger as a very young child. I think I got the bug then, lol.
As a teen, I had Budgies. Later, Canaries and finches. Later, I ended up with Lovebirds, for close to twenty years. After my last Lovebird died at 18 years of age, I told myself no more birds.
Yea, right....
I heared a Canary singing in a store I was visiting......
Next thing I knew, Luciano came into my life.
I was only going to have one Canary, in a small cage in my kitchen, just one small Canary......
Yea right.....
Two little Zebra brothers followed, and a couple of Societies, and a rescued couple of Zebras, and......
I was NOT going to breed, not after the Lovebirds, never again, not me!!!
But then well......

I joined the Forum, and someone laid an egg (my white 'male' Zebra (?)
And that was only the begining..... the story continues. ....
