gooeydog Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Saw something today that made me decided to throw this out as a FYI... There have been incidences of small dogs being injured/killed by birds of prey (hawks, eagles, etc). It's not a real common occurance, but if you live in an area where these type of birds live as well, it's something to be aware of. Especially in recently developed areas, where birds are still around and food is getting scarce, they don't know that your small dog (or cat) isn't food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 thanks for the heads up ! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schippsmom Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 :Dog_run: We have tons of various hawks around here, I've already thought about that. I just didn't know it could really happen. :o Paula & Re-Run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieMaya Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 We used to love the bald eagles flying overhead at our lake home. But if my brother had his Cocker Spaniel there when the eagles were out, we made sure we kept a real close eye on him. You could tell that a few of the eagles were checking him out as a possible meal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairn6 Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 [quote name='JackieMaya']We used to love the bald eagles flying overhead at our lake home. But if my brother had his Cocker Spaniel there when the eagles were out, we made sure we kept a real close eye on him. You could tell that a few of the eagles were checking him out as a possible meal.[/quote] I don't know much about bald eagles can they really pick up a cocker spaniel? I was sitting here thinking my dogs are safe because I don't have one under 20lbs. [img]http://www.emotipad.com/emoticons/Drop%20Gob.gif[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtnek Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 . eagles are very strong. they have wingspans of 6-8 feet wide. They could easily take off with a small dog, skunks, raccoons, etc, but they mostly hunt fish. Of course, we have them here now, having been driven out of a lot of their natural habitat. in lieu of fish they will snatch up small animals. I saw one on the power lines near the forest preserves here, and there are no fish in those preserves. They've also been sighted by the fishing ponds in the housing develpoments, which are stocked with bass and catfish and other kinds of fish for the homeowners to fish from. The Fox river has tons of fish in it too. I saw a hawk dive bomb into my yard a few years ago and snatch up a rabbit. I didnt even know the rabbit was there.... :o :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 [quote name='Cairn6'][quote name='JackieMaya']We used to love the bald eagles flying overhead at our lake home. But if my brother had his Cocker Spaniel there when the eagles were out, we made sure we kept a real close eye on him. You could tell that a few of the eagles were checking him out as a possible meal.[/quote] I don't know much about bald eagles can they really pick up a cocker spaniel? I was sitting here thinking my dogs are safe because I don't have one under 20lbs. [img]http://www.emotipad.com/emoticons/Drop%20Gob.gif[/img][/quote] I really do not think any, not even the largest bird of prey would make an attempt at taking a Cocker Spaniel for a meal. Unless this was a mix breed Cocker Spaniel that was much smaller a bird of prey wouldn't be strong enough to carry such a large prey. A Cocker Spaniel is a medium breed dog, I think you should only be concerned with the small and extra small toy breeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Chaos Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 When we were at the cottage there was a pair of hawk's nesting on the island with us. Everytime my mom saw them she would call Chaos. When I asked her why she said she was afraid they were gonna swoop down and carry her off. :lol: By the way she's 40 lbs so she was perfectly safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aroura Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I've got birds of prey living all around me, and beleive me, I worry!!! One of the eagles around here has been seen flying with a lamb to its nest, 2kg Montie wouldn't stand a chance!!! And then there's that fox thats been harassing the dogs, got someone to shoot it last night, thank god for that. It is often a worry living out of town, but you're not safe anywhere really, I was walking the dogs in town the other day when a guy decided to let his staffie off to go at Montie, could have killed him, the guy didn't even offer to pay vet bills, instead yelled at me when I started screaming at his dog and dragged it off poor Monn... stupid arrogant guy... I'm SOOOO annoyed, poor Montie was in so much pain, had to take pain killers for a week, tore all the muscles down his back and got numberous puncture wounds, lucky it wasn't worse :( If I do ever see a bird of prey though, the first thing I do is pick the dogs up, no point waiting and believing it wont happen to you, because if it does then its already too late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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