I have a South American Blue Tip Parrot. He an my husband had a great time. I also have a Mini Doxie who barkes at the bird to try to get him to throw a peanut. When the bird has had enough of the barking, he swings his door out and poops on the dog. If I could only get a video of that. They have been nose to nose and there have been monents that I thought my dog would get a bite, but no they just go nose to nose and then on their way. As my husband pased about a year ago the big bird will have nothing to do with me. The bird man that I have been talking to says it will just take time as the bird and my husband had bonded. The big bird is still a lot of fun to watch. When we have birds dring out of our swimming pool the big bird will yell and the dogs go running out barking and off go the birds.