Eating in front of parrot

[Natacha]

I could never eat with a dog at the table but this parrot is not only polite (eats with her hands, well feet but they're like hands) but also really cleanly about it too.

I sooo agree with you with not being able to eat with a dog around the table.
My birds will at most just sit there and look at me, not a peep out of them. They won't go for anything that I might drop and will only take what I willingly give them. They might even just start playing with something else if they realize they won't get anything.

[MissLady9902]

I own dogs and they are not even allowed in the kitchen when we're eating!
I agree with you both. A begging dog is very annoying however a quiet parrot is nice.

[Natacha]

I've been around well behaved dogs who didn't come near the table; but those are rare it seems.

My parents have got a new grey a couple of weeks ago. They bring a T-perch next to their table and put the grey there and give it some of the food they are eating while it's perched there.

[Kathleen]

Duke isn't really interested in eating anything besides seeds. So this alleviates most of that problem because I don't eat what he's interested in and he runs away if I try to offer him anything!