A parrot who overcame a traumatic past in her fourth owner’s home fell in love with the family’s new puppy, and an unlikely friendship blossomed. Footage of the chatty bird telling her puppy pal, “I love you,” is warming the hearts of millions, and the pair has become a social media sensation.
Idaho resident Wendy Albright says her umbrella cockatoo parrot, Sweet Pea, and black Labrador retriever puppy, Copper, can’t get enough of one another’s company.
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“I was cradling the puppy when he was just 6 months old, and told Sweet Pea she should tell the puppy she loved him, which of course she did … she felt a mothering instinct over him,” Albright told The Epoch Times.
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