I always loved the crows in the city and tried to be friendly to them, even sometimes feeding them - one time I had up to 30 crows patiently sitting around me, each one waiting for me to throw them their little piece of cheese which they would catch from the air. So I always was under the impression that my neighborhood crows tolerated or maybe even liked me.

This changed when I got a dog and moved to a different part of the city. The dog loves scaring away birds by running up to them, which the crows weren't happy about obviously. I tried to prevent the dog scaring crows (pigeons were O.K.) but she managed to scare them a few times anyways.

The crows didn't like this. Up to a point where whenever the dog and me encountered crows, the birds would warn and call others, swarming around us in a threatening, scary way.

But after months of me carefully keeping the dog from scaring the crows, pulling her back on the leash and letting her know the crows are our friends, the crows are friendly again. Even when we walk closely by crows, they don't mind. I'm 100% convinced the crows have learned that the dog is under my control and I keep her from charging at them.

No more warning caws and ganging up on us. Such amazing birds.