Hunter Becomes Prey as Eagle Makes Meal of Dog

Reuters ^ | Thursday, January 9, 2003

[Willie Green]

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A golden eagle made a meal of a dachshund hunting dog in Sweden after experts warned the cold spell sweeping northern Europe was forcing hungry birds of prey closer to towns and cities.

The dog was taking part in a rabbit hunt in Halland, southwestern Sweden, when it became the prey, local radio news reported on Wednesday.

Owner Valdemar Nilsson will replace the animal at the government's expense -- under Swedish law, the government compensates losses of cattle and dogs caused by bears, wolves, wolverines, lynx and eagles.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Yup... they can go right down into the badger's den. Bloodthirsty little critters, too

My children's 7 pound weiner(THOR)has killed a 10 and a 12 pound opossum and two rabbits all in my back yard. Damn dog thinks he's a doberman.

[Ditto]

Hunting with weinerdogs?

That's what those little hounds were breed for. They can get into tight spots and flush out the varments.

[gundog]

Look at the expression of horror on his face.

My little mongrel took off after a 4x4 bull elk one day and thought nothing of it. Later that day in a nearby park she encountered a 15 month old Irish Wolfhound wearing red fuzzy antlers(the thing stood about 4 feet at the shoulder). She stared and stared and about turned inside out when it barked at her.

[seeker41]

Yeppers, my little 7 1/2 pounder had a possum cowering under the BBQ pit one night. When I went outside to check on what she was barking at the thing was hissing and panting, it was scared to death of that little sausage dog.

[Lando Lincoln]

Boy, am I slow on the trigger.....it seems I walked away from my computer for just a short while. I guess by now you know that those little "weinerdogs" are tough little hombres when hunting. I can almost hear John Wayne saying in his particular drawl,

"Well Pilgrim, it's not the size of the dog that matters in a fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."

[AnAmericanMother]

Yup, eagle damage is compensated by the govt. here, too. If DNR is going to protect the critters, the least they can do is foot the bills . . .

BTW, I wonder what breeding your Lab is. Mine is Stepamgar and Mardas (England) on her dad's side, and Candlewoods on her mom's. (Her maternal grandsire is NFC FC AFC Storm's Riptide Star.) My girl hovers when she meets a new dog or a new person. Apparently it's her way of saying hello. (She loves everybody, typical Lab. Never met a stranger.)

[gundog]

They're cute...but can they grab a porcupine by the back and shake it until the skin comes off? My pit could. I wish he hadn't, but he could. :)

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Having owned only Dachshunds and Labs my entire life, I'll take the hound in a fight everytime. BTW that's not a look of horror, he's saying "you get down here where I can get these teeth in you and I'll show you how to jumb!" ;-)

[b4its2late]

Keep an eye to the sky you two. Those eagles can be dangerous......(and not the ones from Philadelphia either)

[B Knotts]

I can't believe no one has posted this yet:

[Dog Gone]

Yikes.

[TomServo]

Party Dog

[Tijeras_Slim]

but can they grab a porcupine by the back and shake it until the skin comes off?

Sound too much like work. They just run around and chase critters.

[CCWoody]

What! I have not investigated the breeding, though I got a good look at the parents.

I have a blockheaded mulletbrained variety of black lab who thinks she is the alpha female in the family. I hope she outgrows everything but the black part as I have invested a lot of time training this dog to hunt.

[oldcomputerguy]

he's seen many a dog collar in nests he's been in.

It remains to be seen if this Dachshund is one of them. I read a story about one in Florida that chewed its way out thru the side of an 11 foot alligator.

[Willie Green]

ROTFLMAO!!!

[Red Jones]

you know that owls and eagles and hawks are going to start preying on people's cats and small dogs. As time goes on they will lose their fear slowly of the urban & suburban areas. My mom & dad told me that in their suburban neighborhood they've recently seen a hawk perched on the streetlight. That didn't used to happen in this location. Coyotes already come through every night. My parents lost 2 cats to coyotes. The coyotes just get bolder and bolder. They have no fear of humans at all. Until someone shoots them and we can't shoot them, so we're stuck.

[RoughDobermann]

Reminds me of a post of mine a while back (probably a couple of years...). A dog was picked up by a hawk, carried for 500 feet, and then dropped. Happened on the East Coast somewhere. Little fella survived too! And, yes, I believe it was a Dachshund!

I'd be truly impressed if someone could dig that one up...

[BlackbirdSST]

under Swedish law, the government compensates losses of cattle and dogs caused by bears, wolves, wolverines, lynx and eagles. What about being shot dead by a thug with a badge? Blackbird.

[AnAmericanMother]

I know, my Lab couldn't fight her way out of a paper bag. But she is a good "situation avoidance" dog and can make peace with most any dog without doing the whole submissive act. Even my trainer's mean little Jack Russell gets along with her fine - and so did the Dachshund (once she stopped hovering). He barked at her a couple of times, then they just stood there and talked about whatever it is dogs talk about. There are two huge Dobe-Rotty crosses who live next door to us, and they have taught her great doggy manners.

But they can't break her of this bounding thing . . .