We have Hawks and my son saw one the other day in our yard and it now has a baby. We had a coyote near our garage several months ago. It is good that you were there with her, you just never know what these animals will do. We had a racoon attack my Cairn Terrier(20 lbs) years ago. fortunately he didn't have any severe injuries but had several gashes on his body. I am always outside with mine, but they are all potty pad trained also. I think if there were Black Panthers around my house I wouldn't go outside.
