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Date Posted: 14:49:02 09/24/02 Tue
Author: Patti
Subject: Re: Small Yorkies - Beware of owls, hawks, eagles, etc.
In reply to: D Kohl 's message, "Small Yorkies - Beware of owls, hawks, eagles, etc." on 13:16:14 02/22/02 Fri

>I am writing to warn owners of smaller Yorkies about
>the potential dangers of owls, hawks, eagles, etc.
>attacking a small yorkie.
>
>I bought my husband a Yorkie for his birthday in
>December 2001. One evening after dark we let Yoshi
>out to go to the bathroom. He was about 4 months old
>at the time and was 3.2 pounds. When we opened the
>door to let him in, we were
>blown away to discover he was being attacked by an

I know exactly what you mean! We have 3 yorkies, the smallest one was actually attacked by a Hawk. Fortunately
I saw it comming and the hawk dropped "Little Joe". Who would of ever figured that a hawk could grab a 4 lb. dog. I happened. Long story short Lil Joe is fine however bless his heart everytime he goes out he looks up in the sky! True story! Sorry for your loss though. Patti
>owl. We rushed him to the animal emergency room and
>were in and out of several animal hospitals. He was
>left paralyzed and unable to control his bodily
>functions. We went to far as to take him to an animal
>neurologist to see if there was any surgery that would
>be helpful. There was not. Yoshi was subsequently
>put to sleep.
>
>We consider ourselves to live in a housing development
>in the suburbs of a city, not what we would consider
>to be "the country". We had no idea this was a
>potential
>danger. I have since told the owl attack story to a
>number of people around our area. I believe it is
>important for owners of smaller puppy(ies)/dog(s) to
>be aware of this potential danger which might then
>allow them to be more cautious.
>
>I have been amazed to hear several similar owl, hawk,
>eagle attack stories from others, once I started
>sharing my story with them. I really haven't seen
>warnings about
>this on the internet. Many of the stories told to by
>others were about birds of prey simply picking up a
>puppy and carrying it off, never to be seen again. It
>made me
>wonder about how many stories a "lost puppy", were
>really a result of a bird carrying it off, only that
>the owner never actually knew that is what happened.
>
>Please share this story with others you know who own
>very small puppy(ies)/dog(s) in order to increase
>awareness
>of this danger, and to potentially save others from
>going through the same tragic experience we did.
>Owners of very small dogs might prefer to house train
>such dogs in a
>litter type box, wee pads or alternatively have a
>small fenced in area outside which (INCLUDES THE TOP
>BEING COMPLETELY FENCED OVER OR ENCLOSED AS WELL).

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Re: Small Yorkies - Beware of owls, hawks, eagles, etc. -- Dan O'Brien, 08:02:26 02/07/03 Fri

Re: Small Yorkies - Beware of owls, hawks, eagles, etc. -- Fergus Graham, 17:02:17 09/23/03 Tue