Rescued pigeon believes it's a dog after nursed back to health

A bird-brained pigeon which was nursed back to health by a kind family after it fell out of a tree in their garden now believes it's one of their PETS. The bird, named Charlie, comes when he is called, has breakfast with the family and even likes to be stroked like a dog or cat. Tim Green, 58, discovered the injured bird with his son Lewis, 18, when they found it squawking for help in August. Tanker driver Tim said: "I was in the garden with Lewis and we could just hear a faint sound like a tweeting or squawking. "We followed the sound and under our tree we saw this tiny pigeon. It'd obviously fallen out of the nest and hurt its wing. We picked it up and put it in a shoe box." Mr Green's wife Rachael, 47, nursed the pigeon back to health, feeding the injured chick crumbs and water.