I’ve heard about bird attacks on small dogs. This is the first video that I’ve seen of it happening.
Scary. The girl got out there just in time to save her dog.
My chihuahua got spooked by something in the sky a few years ago. I had trouble getting him to go outside for several days afterwards. He’d squat doing his business and constantly look up at the sky.
Man that’s scary. We have a family of bluejays that swoop and caw at my dogs when we’re out on the place. I can imagine something 10 times bigger being really frightening. I never leave them out alone because of the coyote and feral hogs, anyway.
My sister has a Yorkie and she won’t let it outside unless it’s leashed. She keeps telling me I should do the same with my pug, but I’m pretty sure the pug outweighs all the hawks I’ve seen in this area - I think she’s probably safe from flying abduction.
I remember the breeder we got our pugs from telling us that she had to be careful when she let the puppies out. She was concerned about hawks and eagles getting them. I agree with you that a full-grown pug (15-20+ pounds) is probably too large for any raptor, but I’d be careful with puppies!
Higgs is well beyond puppy stage -she’s probably around 18#, and my daughter’s male pug is close to 25# (we think he might have some bulldog in his bloodline) so I think they’re both quite safe. But, yeah, little snack-size puppies are another story.
Yeah but the problem is that pugs are compact, dense even. They’re probably too heavy for all but the largest raptors to successfully carry off but they’re small enough that the predator may try. You may come out to find several serious talon wounds on your pug’s back and a ruptured hawk wobbling around wondering what it just sprained.
I heard of a dachshund that was attacked by a young Chiken hawk. I think his stomach was bigger than his eyes. Must have been really hungry to try for that dog in a suburban back yard. The dog came out alive but with lacerations on his back.
I’m always worried about Dixie getting carried off by the Winged Horrors we have around here.
Doxie, not so much. Might need a Sikorski for his lard-ass.
Reminds me of the March day when I was walking Bubba (a small spaniel) in the back yard, looked up at the tree we were walking by and saw several huge vultures perched in it (apparently just passing through on their annual migration south).
Gave us a chill, it did (made sure we didn’t stop too long in one spot).
We have worried about whether our cats might be susceptible to eagle attacks, as there are many eagles in our sky. While researching the question I came across an account of an eagle carrying off a small deer.
A family friend watched some raptor grab her young cat and take off with her, but with difficulty, flying over the house and descending on the other side before releasing the cat.
Aren’t there pterodactyl in you’re area? You might want to wear weighted boots yourself.
(God, my post up above had a bunch of typos,
I must have been punchy while posting)
No, you’re confusing that with the Ichthyosaur. Different medium.
Here’s a video from Dutch Harbor, Alaska of two bald eagles eyeballing a cat.
Several days ago, one of my Facebook friends posted a picture of a bald eagle in one of her trees, and mentioned that this eagle had shredded a squirrel nest in that tree. I'm not the only person who told her that the nest probably contained some treats.Apparently birds of prey will sometimes go after much larger prey in certain circumstances…like when they can use terrain to their advantage…
Okay, these posts are making me nervous. I’ve heard an owl hooting the last few mornings when I’ve let my dog out, but I’d convinced myself that the little 27lb chonk butt was too big for it to make an attempt.
My old boss had a yorkie that was carried off her deck by a golden eagle. Right in front of her. Swoop! and the dog was gone.
She got a Newfoundland after that.
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There is documentary evidence that this sometimes happens.
Ol’ Foghorn Leghorn. That tickles me.
I think the phrase should be ‘his eyes were bigger than his stomach’. I got it ass-backwards. It sorta made some kinda sense, at the time.
Oh, and I did have an owl tormenting my hens for a bit last year. He couldn’t get inside the coop or yard it has a wire top. We put the top on to keep foxes out. (Climbing little assholes, they are.) My hens quit laying for about 3 days. I was ready to murder the owl. Oops, they are a protected species. I told the game warden my hens were a protected species, by me and my Smith & Wesson. He was not amused.
I think everyone knew what you meant, so there was no need to nitpick.
About that owl: SSS
The owls are not what they seem.
