Allee
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My husband and I spent the first half of Christmas Eve in a vet clinic with our Golden Retriever. We've taken our dogs to the same clinic for years. A little over a year ago the clinic acquired a receptionist's assistant. His name is Jake, his cage is in the corner of the reception area. I admit, I was skeptical at first, the cage is a bit small for a zon, he has one toy, I don't think he's ever touched it, but I was even more concerned about the location of his cage and the fact it's in a busy pet clinic. I thought the poor bird must be stressed out of his mind.
I know the vet well enough to consider him a friend so I asked him about the parrot, he shook his head and grinned and told me what he knew about Jake's past. A client brought Jake in to be boarded, two weeks later the vet looked out to see the bird's owner unloading a cage, he begged the vet to keep Jake permanently. Apparently Jake had lived in several good homes with well meaning humans that tried and failed to give him a happy life. He had lost each of his possible forever homes, due to incessant screaming, aggressive behavior and pure orneriness.
Jake welcomes almost everyone that walks through the doors, he turns his back and ignores some people until they disappear. He sits on top of his open cage and he isn't bothered by, huge drooling dogs, hissing cats, wiggling puppies and kittens, small children or obnoxious humans. While we were standing at the counter by Jake's cage he said, hello, buh-bye now, see ya later, gotta go, then he sang a deep voiced version of, 'Hey Good Lookin'. I swear that bird has a drawl. While the vet was giving us instructions for our dog, Jake was shaking his head and saying, "talk, talk, talk, talk,talk". Jake is obviously a happy bird now and seems to be well qualified for his office job. Needless to say the staff and interns at the clinic are nuts about their feathered coworker, he gets lots of attention, his cage is always sparkling clean, and I'm sure I'm not the only client who has a crush on the little charmer.
I just wanted to share Jake's story, I love it when a parrot finds a happy home or in Jake's case, a good job. My Aunt had two wild caught amazons when I was a little kid, I've always wanted to share my home with one. It hasn't worked out that way, but I love reading the Amazon threads on the forum and now I get to visit with Jake at the clinic.
I know the vet well enough to consider him a friend so I asked him about the parrot, he shook his head and grinned and told me what he knew about Jake's past. A client brought Jake in to be boarded, two weeks later the vet looked out to see the bird's owner unloading a cage, he begged the vet to keep Jake permanently. Apparently Jake had lived in several good homes with well meaning humans that tried and failed to give him a happy life. He had lost each of his possible forever homes, due to incessant screaming, aggressive behavior and pure orneriness.
Jake welcomes almost everyone that walks through the doors, he turns his back and ignores some people until they disappear. He sits on top of his open cage and he isn't bothered by, huge drooling dogs, hissing cats, wiggling puppies and kittens, small children or obnoxious humans. While we were standing at the counter by Jake's cage he said, hello, buh-bye now, see ya later, gotta go, then he sang a deep voiced version of, 'Hey Good Lookin'. I swear that bird has a drawl. While the vet was giving us instructions for our dog, Jake was shaking his head and saying, "talk, talk, talk, talk,talk". Jake is obviously a happy bird now and seems to be well qualified for his office job. Needless to say the staff and interns at the clinic are nuts about their feathered coworker, he gets lots of attention, his cage is always sparkling clean, and I'm sure I'm not the only client who has a crush on the little charmer.
I just wanted to share Jake's story, I love it when a parrot finds a happy home or in Jake's case, a good job. My Aunt had two wild caught amazons when I was a little kid, I've always wanted to share my home with one. It hasn't worked out that way, but I love reading the Amazon threads on the forum and now I get to visit with Jake at the clinic.
. Receptionist's Assistant LOL!! I'm glad that Jake is settled in well and loves his "job". Although it sounds like he does more entertaining than filing papers! 
