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Originally Posted by mom2twinz  My little Teddy is 4.5lbs. One day I was hanging clothes on the line to dry and Teddy was sitting at my feet smelling whatever was in the grass. A huge redtail hawk did a close 'fly-by' and scared the heck out of me! Needless to say, we are extremely cautious when we are outside with him. He is never outside alone and is always close enough to scoop up if we see danger (I have chickens and they alert when something bad is nearby). I can't imagine anyone just letting their small dogs outside unattended (I won't even go into the invisible fence part of the discussion  ) |
Very scary! I was standing at the end of our driveway when a small chicken hawk buzzed my head and nailed a squirrel right in front of us. I love birds and owls, but they are definitely a threat to our small dogs.
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Originally Posted by lovespandp  Oh goodness!! These birds now are getting brave. They will attempt taking our babies right in front of our faces. Peanut is 4 pounds and he is never EVER outside without someone with him. |
I have posted many times before about our neighbor's Yorkie who was attacked by a hawk and nearly died. The Yorkie is over 9 pounds. Birds of prey will attack dogs that they cannot necessarily carry away. I'm so nervous about the birds in our neighborhood that I don't let the boys out on the 30' leashes anymore.