This is a cautionary tale. The other day I saw a bald eagle sitting in the very top branches of our neighbors back yard tree. Yesterday I looked out the window and saw what I thought was a large bird with a broken wing flapping along our back fence. My husband went out to see what it was before we took Sophie out to go potty. As he approached it he saw it was a large hawk and it flew up and away with a squirrel in it's talons.

It was a very scary sight to see. The squirrel was only slightly smaller than Sophie. Be sure to give a good long look before letting your little yorkie outside even in your seemly safe backyard.