Hawk Try To Take Mini Dachshund!
I was listening to my local news tonight (I live just south of Boston) and they were telling the story about a 5-month old mini chocolate and tan smooth Dachshund puppy, who was out in the yard with the son of his owner when all of a sudden a Red Tailed Hawk swooped down and got ahold of the Dachshund! Thankfully, the dog was on a leash, but the hawk was able to lift the dog off the ground before the little boy started to kick it away from his puppy! The little boy had to fight off the hawk for a bit before he would let go of the doxie puppy, and the puppy did sustain some gashes that required stitches n his head from where the hawk’s talons dug into him. They said that if the puppy had not been on a leash, that the hawk probably would have been able to carry him off! This happened out in western MA, where it is a bit more rural. When the news crew got to the house later in the day to do the story, they too saw the hawk still circling around the house! So, this is an amazing story of how a little boy would not let a hawk take his mini Dachshund away! If you live in rural areas and have smaller Dachshunds, be aware that hawks might see them as something to snatch. Luckily, for this puppy, it was a happy ending for him.
December 10, 2006 @ 7:30 pm
http://www.milforddailynews.com/homepage/8999365366551967471 Here is a link to the story! It isn’t just rural residents that need to be worried about hawks. We have lots of hawks here in New York both in the outer boroughs and Manhattan. A red-tail here in the park swooped down and tried to grab our chihuahua pal Layla last week!
December 10, 2006 @ 7:34 pm
Yikes! I sometimes see hawks in my neighborhood. My Amy weighs only 6.5 pounds! I am almost always in the backyard with my dogs. Thanks for the warning!
December 10, 2006 @ 7:37 pm
I am so happy the little feezer got away with only a few injuries. This happened to me when I lived on the farm with my beagle puppy Pokey. It was a horrible thing to witness but I am happy to report that Pokey got away after she high tailed it to the pond. I had to rescue her with a large fish net as she could not find her footing on the bank of the pond and it was winter time.
December 10, 2006 @ 7:39 pm
Now that I think of it, sometimes Brandy will sort of look up, then act scared of something above her. I see nothing. I wonder if she was once attacked by an angry nesting mockingbird? They can be very aggressive.
December 10, 2006 @ 7:51 pm
A few times when i have walked olivia out by our lake i have noticed hawks circling above….its funny you posted this story, because i always thought i was crazy for thinking that they were after olivia, but i swear they would follow her around the lake–it made me uncomfortable so i took her inside, but i thought it was just my paranoia.
December 10, 2006 @ 7:54 pm
I forgot to mention that I too have seen hawks in my neighborhood (we have really tall pine trees they nest in) and I have also seen them circling above. I always keep Baxter on a leash, and I think he is a bit over their weight limit, but I will be more careful that they don’t swoop down and latch onto him with those large talons! I should also mention that I live only 10 miles south of Boston, and people have seen coyotes in my neighborhood too!
December 10, 2006 @ 8:55 pm
There are plenty of hawks out here, too!
On the one hand I have made jokes about the possiblity of something like that happening but deep down believed that something like that is totally possible…and now here it is in the news.
Thank goodness this story has a happy ending!
Thanks for the link…what a cute puppy!
December 10, 2006 @ 9:19 pm
What a brave little boy to protect his puppy. We have hawks here too, and once one actually landed in the yard next door. Both of mine are too heavy, but it’s still a scary thought. And I’ve seen coyotes right here in the city too.
December 11, 2006 @ 1:35 am
Oh My, I have heard about this happening in Alaska, my hubby was stationed there in tha Navy and he told me that hawks and eagles picked up little dogs all the time.
I am so happy he is ok!!!! I love happy Endings
December 11, 2006 @ 3:21 am
Gulp! That was a bit too close for comfort! All my friends across the pond… please take care. Over here we don’t have HUGE birds like that…. just the odd pigeon, crow or seagull. If fact….. we don’t really have nasty, vicious animals (not counting my sister Heather….,she may not have many teeth… but can still inflict a nasty nip) at all, so maybe its better if all you tiny dachsies came over here!!!
Harry
PS Its still raining………. and windy……..
December 11, 2006 @ 5:43 am
I watch the dachsies when they are tiny because there are magpies galore round here,i don’t know whether they could carry one off but they may attack and cause injury. We have sparrow hawks which fly off with smaller birds but not seen them attack anything bigger.
It’s still wet and windy here too.
Rhona
December 11, 2006 @ 2:46 pm
We hate hawks! We weren’t there, but my mom says that when she was seven, a new kitty that she had for about 6 months was carried away by a hawk in the evening. She had gotten out of the house, even though she wasnt supposed to. This is a very real danger! No woot woots for hawks!
December 11, 2006 @ 4:30 pm
I have a friend whos standard doxie, Ruger was carried off by an eagle but he struggled loose and fell about 75 feet to the ground. Other than the gashes from the talons which required stitches Ruger was fine even after the fall.
December 11, 2006 @ 5:57 pm
That is the sciest thing I have ever read. So glad the pup is safe. Watch your puppers everyone..there is danger in the skies! haha
December 11, 2006 @ 6:07 pm
Wue and Winnie checking in on htis Storey here in Western Pa we were div bomb by a red tail in our own yard. lucky for me I was holding Winnie. But we watch carefully everytime we are out. Sue and Winnie, eyes to the sky!
December 11, 2006 @ 7:32 pm
OMG! And we thought all we had to worry about was getting kicked by the horses next door. will tell arrbee to keep his head looking up!
December 12, 2006 @ 2:07 pm
I just saw the story on the news last night. Poor little thing had stitches on his head but other than that, looked okay. The boy said he stepped on the hawk’s tail then kicked it away. What a scary thing to happen. We have hawks here too and the neighbor gets his gun out when he sees them because he raises exotic birds. I never thought that they would go after a dog though. When I lived in Alberta, the coyotes would take cats and lure dogs away so they could kill them. Didn’t happen to me, but my neighbors lost their Sheltie that way.
December 12, 2006 @ 3:24 pm
Yikes! I was told by a neighbor that my small cat sunning herself was taken by a hawk. I was hoping he was wrong. Every one should be warned!