Sounds younger than eight weeks to me if the eyes just opened. Good luck to the pup.
I hate birds of prey.
They can all go extinct for all I care.
Last year I heard my little Yorkie screaming outside, just as I got the door open my Jack Russel and my Lab went flying out the door. A Horned Owl had the Yorkie and the Jack Russel hit the Owl so hard the feathers were flying then my lab Gus hit the owl and pretty much ruined his whole day. Nothing punctured on the Yorkie, couple of pretty good guts on Maggie the Jack Russel and Gus had owl for supper. The little JR hit the owl going full blast, she’s fearless.
A powerful thermal might have done it. I would have named the puppy Freefall, or Bounce.
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I watched a hawk pick up and drop a squirrel from about 20 feet in the air, into my back yard. The squirrel was stunned but he staggered off.
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It looks like a baby Pit.
Quick, call the cops!
Used to live here
I love this scene from “The Proposal”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TENG4cgxl4
The Proposal - Scene with Kevin the Dog
To kill it, probably. It almost succeeded, and the second drop would definitely have completed the job, no muss no fuss.
And he would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling teenagers.
Lucky doggie!
Many a teacup doggie has fallen to hawks, eagles and owls
my daughter had to watch her teacup maltese-yorkie in our back pasture
the owls in my big chinkapin oak would scope that little mutt out but good
one swoop and it’s lights out baby
PS...I like Owls better than toy dogs as rule when it comes to shooting a bird of prey
i adore owls
my chinkapin is a state record and 400 years old and migrating owls roost there in the summer nights by the scores
shine a q-beam up there at night and there are 50-60 of them all pie faced looking down at ya
I tell my neighbors dog ( 85 lb Lab ) that it would take an entire squadron of birds to carry her off and they would probably have to call for extra help to do it.
I remember back in ‘73-’74 while striper fishing out of the west side camping area of the O’Neill Forebay in Los Banos, some middle-aged bimbo let her little shit-dog loose to run around and a golden eagle snatched the little bastard and took him to her nest on top of the high voltage tower nearby to feed to her chicks. The bimbo raised holy hell with the park ranger, demanding that he shoot the eagle because of it...we good ole boys silently chuckled ‘cause that little mutt was finally quiet for a change! She’ll keep the next one inside!
JC
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