[Buddah<3r]

That may seem a little over dramatic, but here is what happened.

There is a small grassy area in my apartment complex. We always go there to potty. Buddah is really good about staying in the grass and never tries to run away so I usually let him roam leash trailing behind. I always sit on a concrete cylinder around the light post and watch him. He runs comes back to me....runs....comes to me....runs on and on and then we go inside.

Well this morning I took him out as usual. He was running around happy as a little yorkie can be when I hear this wierd shriek like noise. Not very loud though real quiet. I look into the tree next to the grass and see this HUGE Hawk perch down on the branch.

My first reaction was not to grab Buddah, but OMG look at that bird its sooo big. I was in amazement because I had never seen one so close and didnt realize how big they were. He was gorgeous. All of a sudden I noticed he was VERY fixated on something and was starting to tense up getting ready to strike. I look to where he is watching and OMG he is looking at BUDDAH!!!!! I yelled Buddah and ran towards him in a giant leap. Grabbed his leash and covered him with my body. As I was doing this the hawk flew away.

Scared me to death!!! Buddah was totally oblivious and quite upset that I cut grass time short and took him right inside. I guess no more romps in the grass for him.