LOL our poor dogs wont be able to move with how weighed down they will be, but at least they would have an extra measure of safety
And I'm telling you that after seeing a huge hawk flying towards us and now seeing the picture of those talons up close, I would just about suit mine up armor, goggles, and all these days and nights! So with everyone that is having these scares, whoever designed these would make a killing
To the OP, I am so glad that your dogs escaped with only a big scare, but I really would be extra cautious as everyone else has also said. I'm not a hawk expert by any means, but after we had our incident a few months ago, for many following nights, that hawk would be sitting across the street on my neighbor's roof when my garage door would open at night to walk my dogs. (I know hawks normally are primarily out hunting during the day and we've had them circling above our backyard during the day, but this one we always see at night. I called our Wildlife and Fishery Department, and they said that in neighborhoods, hawks will often use street lights to hunt.) Anyway, It really creeped me out, and others on here told me that hawks do return once they scope out a potential food source. So I would just definitely be on high alert, and I'm sure that you already are and probably then some after the scare you had!! Every time I go outside at night, I've been terrified of another hawk swooping down again, and now several days ago, I heard my very first owl call out, and it sounded very very close. I never saw it. My dogs were on leash, and my tiniest was in my arms, but them being on leash didn't seem to stop that hawk from thinking about trying a few months ago....so hearing that owl literally sent chills down my back. I scooped everyone up, and we headed right back inside!
My two are now trained to go on their pee pads in the garage at night, but a maltese/poodle rescue that I have had here as an unofficial foster can't seem to understand the concept of pee pads AT ALL. So my two smaller ones go out on their pee pads after dark, and then I carry the tiniest one while we all go with Cooper to potty. A while back I read on here the idea of using an umbrella for potentially warding off a dog attack.. well since our scare, I started thinking what would I have done if the hawk had actually attacked them, and I now carry a big umbrella to have as some type of weapon. So if my neighbors didn't already think I was obsessed with my dogs, I feel sure that I am now known as the crazy dog lady bc here I come every night on hot evenings when we had been without rain, in the pitch dark with my oversized umbrella that is open and over them the minute I hear any kind of bird call, chirp or sound, and my three dogs.
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I don't have the thread pulled up that gives the idea of carrying an umbrella on walks, but I am thinking the idea came from YorkieJilly, and if so THANKYOU THANKYOU!!!