In pictures..a unique friendship between a French old man and a white dove..“Respect is mutual”

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When Xavier Puget, 80, rides his bike, works in his workshop, waters his garden or even sits down to eat a biscuit, his girlfriend always accompanies him - a white dove he named Blanco.

The relationship of friendship and sociability began between Puget, a retired resident of Brittany, northwestern France, and Blanco since she was a chick, and now she accompanies him wherever he goes, sitting on his shoulder or walking next to him.

"There is a desire to be together, it's a good feeling," said Puget, who was in the building materials trade before his retirement.

He spoke of the first time he saw Blanco when he was near his house and saw a small pigeon fall to the ground trying to escape from a cat.

He then told his wife what he had seen, and when I asked him why he had not caught the bird, he returned to the place again.

"I came home with Blanco in my pocket," he said.

He mentioned that people always ask him how he succeeded in training the pigeon to become so friendly and gentle, and he answers that there is no trick in the matter, but the secret is in mutual respect.

He added that anyone can build a relationship with any animal "once the animal is respected as it is, it is a living creature that shares life with us on earth."

"You have to be patient and understand how he lives and adapts to his life because he will adapt to yours," he said.

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