/johnny
A few years back, a golden eagle spiraled down to snatch up my 20-odd pound Portuguese Podengo Medio.
It did not care that I and 6 other big dogs were in the yard with her.
I have never run so fast in my life.
I shrieked what was apparently a universal distress scream which made Gypsy flatten herself to the ground.
I ran by and scooped her up just in time to have the eagle’s wings whap my in the back of the head.
It flew up and started another spiral downward.
I screamed for the dogs who had already started running for the back door, which we all barreled through as a mob.
The damned eagle was still circling the yard after we got inside.
[this happened prior to the arrival of the Dobes]
It was the last time I let them out without having firepower on hand.
And now, we have bears, too.
So I upped the odds.