Yes, With Separation Doing the Real Work
A Bourke's parrot can live happily in a home with other kinds of pets, and the reason it works is management rather than bonding. Bourke's are among the calmest small parrots: quiet, undemanding, and most active at dawn and dusk. That temperament makes them pleasant housemates through a cage wall and poor candidates for open contact with predators. A Bourke's that is never grabbed, chased, or lunged at can live a relaxed life in a busy multi-pet home, because from inside a secure flight cage the dog on the rug is scenery, not a threat.
Why Cats and Dogs Stay on the Other Side of the Bars
A Bourke's parrot's habits put it in harm's way faster than a bolder parrot's would. These grass parakeets naturally feed on the ground, so a Bourke's out of its cage tends to drift downward and walk, exactly where a dog's paws and mouth are. Their evening activity burst also means a startled dusk flight around a room while a cat watches from the sofa. Even a gentle dog can injure a bird this size with one playful paw swipe, and a cat's bite or scratch carries bacteria that make any puncture an emergency. The workable rule is simple: dogs and cats leave the room, or stay behind a closed door, whenever the Bourke's is out, and the cage itself should be sturdy enough that a curious paw cannot reach through or knock it over.
Other Birds Make the Easiest Housemates
Among other pets, fellow birds suit a Bourke's household best, and Bourke's are often kept in mixed aviaries with finches, canaries, and other placid species because they rarely bully. Indoors, the safer version of that mixing is separate cages in the same room, with shared out-of-cage time only between birds of similar size and temperament that have been introduced gradually. A large, assertive parrot is a poor companion for a Bourke's regardless of how friendly it seems, because the size gap turns one annoyed snap into a serious injury. New birds also need quarantine before joining the room, since a Bourke's shares air with every bird in it.
Setting Up the Shared Home
Placement does heavy lifting in a Bourke's multi-pet household. Put the flight cage where the bird can watch household life without sitting in the dog's direct path, off the floor on a stable stand, and away from a cat's favorite launching furniture. Feed and water the Bourke's on a schedule the whole household knows, and make cage-door discipline absolute: the door opens only when the room is cleared of other mammals. Children in the home need the same briefing as adults, because a well-meaning child carrying the Bourke's to show the dog undoes every other precaution in seconds.
Reading Whether Your Bourke's Is Coping
A Bourke's parrot that is coping well eats steadily, preens, takes its dawn and dusk flights, and rests calmly while the household moves around it. One that freezes at the cage back whenever the dog enters, stops feeding, or panics repeatedly at ordinary movement is telling you the arrangement needs more distance, a higher or quieter cage position, or a room change. Adjust the setup before stress becomes feather damage or weight loss. Keeping the Bourke's supervision rules, feeding routine, and cage arrangements written down in KinsLe's Family Sharing means every person in the home works from the same details instead of improvising around a fragile bird.