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Originally Posted by matese  My boy is 12 lbs in the coldest of cold winters I go out with him, he may be to big for prey birds, but when these birds are hungry they can still try to grab him, those talons can do serious damage to a 12 lb dog. I have a large deck I let Cody use when the snow is too deep and I am STILL out there with him. It takes but a second for prey bird to swoop, grab, and fly off, if the dog falls from their grasp those talons will dig in the dog causing serious ripping of the skin even death. |
That is what happened to our neighbor's larger Yorkie. My dad thought that I was being overly cautious until he saw what happened to Jack. Now even he won't let the boys on the deck unless he is out there. He has also seen how brazen the hawks can be, swooping at us when we have the boys on leashes. We have a ridiculously large population of hawks, black vultures (the kind that kill their prey), and owls in our little woodsy neighborhood. Not enough squirrels and rabbits to keep them well fed.