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Pet's info: Dog | Papillon | Male | neutered | 7 years and 5 months old | 12 lbs
Yesterday my dog killed one of my two budgies. We have worked with having Ptolemy near the birds with no issues at all. We never leave the house with the birds out and are almost always in the same room as the birds and the dog. Yesterday the whole family was in the room when I noticed Cicero was missing, I found my dog with the dead bird next to him. I'm wondering how I should go about training Ptolemy to not kill my other bird and what precautions I should take. I dont want to lock up either:(
1 Answer

Answered By Oneal Bogan, DVM
Veterinarian
Published on September 22nd, 2018