[JoeProBono]

[Neanderthal]

"(Owls don't) know the difference between a pet animal or a prey animal," Murphy said.

I don't think they care, either.

[mountn man]

[HerrBlucher]

4 pounds? Forget the owls, a nice breeze will blow that doggie away.

[Vicki]

Our friend was at a park near the duck pond which is surrounded by a very large grassy area, when all of a sudden he heard a woman screaming.

He looked over the see an eagle flying off with her little dog. Can you imagine?

[Leo Farnsworth]

One summer evening our gray cat, Oslo, was being stubborn and refusing to come in out of our field (this was about 10 years ago).

We called and called - we do NOT allow out cats to be out overnight or when we are not at home.

We started calling at 8:30 PM and around 9:30 PM a Great Horned owl swooped out of the sky and tried to get Oslo. He Howled and ran under the porch.

Half an hour later we coaxed him in and treated the two cuts on his back.

The next day, I was on my deck in the afternoon and a similar (likely the same) GH owl flew over the corner of the deck (virtually silently!).

I was happy Oslo was safe inside.

The following month or so there was a FRONT COVER article in National Geographic on the ‘loss’ of the Great Horned owl in the Rockies (especially in Bozeman, MT), written by some dooofus from Bozeman - where this whole thing occurred.

Environmentalists lie and lie and lie.

[mware]

We had an influx of red tail hawks in our neighborhood several years ago.

It use to be my brothers would bag the limit during rabbit season.

Not any more.

[razorback-bert]

When my dog was a wee puppy and we were working in the Book Cliffs of Utah. When he was taken out for his walk, an eagle would quickly show up and start circling, we would have stand next to him while he relived himself.

[a fool in paradise]

An Illinois man credited his Chihuahua's winter jacket with saving the small canine from a great horned owl attack.

Shaggy dog tale about a pup tent.

[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.

[Hot Tabasco]

The dog got off lucky compared to the neighbors of a lady I know who has a house on Lake St. Clair. Several years ago her neighbors allowed their miniature dachsund to roam the yard on a tethered leash and it fell prey to what I suspect was a local Bald Eagle.........commpletely evicerated. Only remnants left were the carcass and the leash...........Dog gone!

[tickmeister]

Around here we have a word for 4 lb. dogs. Bait.

[The Comedian]

The headline reads like an arrangement of those word scramble fridge magnets.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[RichInOC]

I CAN HAS RAT GOGGIE?

NO, U CAN'T HAS RAT GOGGIE.

[mikrofon]

"With a small dog like that, there is a potential that larger raptor species could take them down."

Or pick them up...

[wyokostur]

We always have a pair of Great Horned owls in our trees. They have gotten a few kittens over the years. These are some pics of the birds in the trees by our house. Don't ya love the talons on the hawk?

[Rebelbase]

Great horned owls can grow to very large size.

[Revolting cat!]

[Revolting cat!]

[Revolting cat!]

[Ramius]

Yikes... a gal I know was out to lunch at a nice lakeside restaurant in Kirkland, WA. Nice sunny day. Table outside on the deck right by the water. She and her friend were enjoying their lunch when they got a spectacular close up of huge bald eagle as it swooped in and landed right in front of them. They were blown away... such a majestic bird... and right there. Then she noticed that it had something in its talons, and it started tearing into it and eating it. She leaned forward to peer over the railing to see what it had... figuring it was a fish.

It was a cat.

It kinda’ soured the “nature experience” for some of the patrons.