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S8 Ep335: DALLAS THE DOG DEFENDS BACKYARD FROM DESTRUCTIVE COCKATOOS Colleague Jeremy Zakis. Zakis reports that his dog, Dallas, now serves as an air defense system, specifically barking at destructive cockatoos attempting to land. Dallas ignores other birds but, a

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🗓️ 18 January 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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DALLAS THE DOG DEFENDS BACKYARD FROM DESTRUCTIVE COCKATOOS Colleague Jeremy Zakis. Zakis reports that his dog, Dallas, now serves as an air defense system, specifically barking at destructive cockatoos attempting to land. Dallas ignores other birds but, allied with local magpies, protects the property from these "vandals" known for damaging roofs and scavenging through trash bins.

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jeremy zackis is in new south wales with the heat waves and the wildfires and the winds however

0:48.1

we're concentrating on none of the above we're looking looking at the Dallas engineered air defense system.

0:56.9

When last we left Jeremy,

0:58.8

there was some suggestion that the cockadoos,

1:02.3

cockatoos,

1:03.8

the big white, beautiful birds that turn out to be villains,

1:07.2

were stalking not only the neighbor's house

1:10.3

where they've already done a lot of damage,

1:12.8

but Jeremy's house.

1:15.1

Dallas either overheard our broadcast or just has a natural sense of air defense.

1:21.2

What's he up to, Jeremy?

1:23.4

Well, John, I can tell you he actually is truly a proper air defense system because now he has identified when the cockatoos are coming onto our lawn and he gets ahead of the curve, he gets out there.

1:34.6

And for the first time, in a long time, he actually barks at them when they try and land.

1:39.9

And this is remarkable because he doesn't bark with the magpies.

1:43.5

He doesn't actually bark with the crows who are kind of, you know, they're annoying, but you know they're not really worthy of, I guess, being chewed away. Definitely not the minor birds, the sparrows, the parrots, everything else is allowed to land. But as soon as though pesky cockatoos do try and land on their backyard, He gets out there, barks at them, and actually

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