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Date Posted: 17:18:25 03/27/03 Thu
Author: Rita
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
>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).
On March 20, 2003 my elderly female cat was apparently attacked by an owl in our backyard in Encinitas, California. She sustained over 20 severe lacerations and puncture wounds between her shoulder blades and on her neck. The emergency vet felt confident of the diagnosis because she had just had another cat in for treatment who's owner saw it happen. In addition, my cat's regular vet recently treated a chihuahua for puncture wounds around the rib cage, presumably from owl talons. It seems to be a growing problem with no solution because of the mass clearing of open land for construction of new homes in this county. "Mystery" would be very unhappy being locked inside. She has enjoyed the outdoors her whole life, including encounters with raccoons, skunks, opossum and of course, other cats but I have never been so frightened for her. Thank you for providing a place for me to share my experience. Rita

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Re: Small Yorkies - Beware of owls, hawks, eagles, etc. -- Carla, 20:11:45 05/22/03 Thu
- Re: Small Yorkies - Beware of owls, hawks, eagles, etc. -- R., 12:58:01 09/12/03 Fri
Re: Small Yorkies - Beware of owls, hawks, eagles, etc. -- May, 06:15:17 07/15/05 Fri
- Re: Small Yorkies - Beware of owls, hawks, eagles, etc. -- Curtis Boggs, 14:21:14 09/24/06 Sun
Re: Small Yorkies - Beware of owls, hawks, eagles, etc. -- peggy riley (Thanks for sharing your story), 17:42:36 09/17/06 Sun