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Old 08-18-2024, 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by rochellepfaff View Post
I addition to bobcats, bears, and snakes that can get in your yard, we also have birds of prey. While your dogs are too large to be carried off by a hawk, eagle or large owl, they can still do some pretty serious damage to them with their talons. I would not let them out unsupervised for more than a few minutes.
Correct, unless your animal weighs less than 3-4 pounds, no bird here is capable of carrying them away. So it seems unlikely larger animals would be a target.

If you watch the eagles here, they can barely get back in the air with a half pound fish.



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