[Fritz n Sophie]

I had a terrifying experience with my first yorkie, Max. He was only 3.5 lbs and I never even considered a bird attacking him. One day it was drizzling and I let him out in the back yard. I was standing under the deck. He just walked out, did his business, and ran back to me. As soon as he turned and started running to me a big hawk swooped down on him missing him by maybe a foot or two. Thank God he ran back to me when he did. I had nightmares for a long time about it. After that he never went out without me right by him.
I can't remember now exactly who I called about the hawk but I was told that a lot of people in our neighborhood had reported missing kittens. They told me that even if the dog were a little too big for the hawk to fly off with it could still do a lot of damage to the dog when it flew down on the dog (including breaking their back).