I talk to mine all the time too, And I still say goodnight to little Poppy who died last year. Get more sense out of my dogs than some human beings
I always talk to dogs, I always have, they listen, they're like teddy bears, listen and don't tell!!
they're my favourite bird, followed by a robin.
I love the sound of the blackbird, they have a sing song here first thing in the morning, lunchtime, and sunset.
We had pigeons out in Cyprus which we kept for live food during week long curfews. Three made a very big pie for the whole family. We also kept chickens for the same purpose and also for fresh eggs.
During the Second World War you had carrier pigeons which would be released over enemy territory, land and have troops read the messages they carried in a small container. Paddy was trained in that part of the war effort but he didn't quite understand what he was meant to do.. When he got the homing pigeon he was asked what the message was.
"Oo - ooo. Oo-ooo. Oo-ooo ....." 
Wasn't there something about a pigeon getting the Victoria cross for what it did in the war?
I can't remember what pigeon tastes like - I haven't had it since I was about seven. As I said, we also had chickens for eggs and fresh food. We also had a cockerel which my Mum hated. It was completely mad and used to attack her or anyone who came close as she tried to collect the eggs. It also had a hole in it's lung where after it crowed it would let out a wheeze. I used to mimic it and it used to go mad chasing me all over the place. I could just about run faster than it, and three times round the bungalow would be enough for both of us. Then one day I couldn't see it. I asked Mum where it was - she pointed to the oven 
I was FURIOUS! It was MY cockerel, and now it was no more! However, three mouthfuls later he was but a happy memory, as he has been ever since. "When I was a young lad ..."
Memories like that last a lifetime.
Not a Victoria Cross. It was an official commemoration or something like that awarded to all the animals and birds that helped save the lives of our troops during the war years. Horses, dogs, birds... all were honoured in their own way, but it wasn't a V.C.
Quite a lot of pigeons were awarded the Dicken medal (animal equivelent of the Victoria Cross)
On the list of Dicken medal awards, the majority are pigeons
Thank you for enlightening me. Me being a cynic, I'd say it made it home because it wanted something to eat!
Talking about pigeons I laughed when I read thieves had broken into a pigeon fanciers shed and stolen half his homing pigeons. They must have been as thick as two planks, because when released, that's precisely what they did - flew straight back home!!
I may sound crazy but i have conversations with my Cat all the time,,,one sided mind LOL.
