Well, I do have bird feeders in the yard, and I think hubby would put up a fight if I tried to take them down. (We have baby bluebirds in our bluebird house.) He's a bit cynical about this whole hawk threat anyway. (I've put my foot down that he best not take any chances though - as losing Rosie, especially due to negligence, would be a life-changing event in our home to me.) But I can happily put things in the yard to scare off birds. I never let her out without one of us watching her, and we do have two other dogs - one is a bright white lhasa and Rosie hangs out with him all the time. So, a hawk might be afraid of him, I hope. I'm gonig to think about the leash idea, but I just hate constraining her after she's used to be able to run. So, still thinking about that. I'm sad to say that although I love all animals, I think I hate predatory birds right now. Is there some kind of device that a dog could wear, that could be remotely activated that could scare a hawk - like one of those remote controlled collars but not to train the dog but to send out a sound, bad smell, or light that would scare the heck out of a hawk if it got her and make it fly away? |