Wow Rose, that must make it really difficult to enjoy your backyard. A person would always have to be on guard. That's not very relaxing. Years ago I had a friend that bought a house in Florida. They had a huge wrought iron fence that went way up high and arched across the top, so that the pool area was completely surrounded, ceiling and all. The previous owner said that he had to have it that way, because he was tired of burying wild life that drowned in his pool. It was a gorgeous pool room too, but it had to have been extremely expensive to put up that fence! -------Original Message------- From: meccarose Date: 2/15/2011 5:40:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: LYNN/ Carol Smet
I know what you mean about supervising our little pets outdoors. Where I live in Miami there is a canal that runs in back of our neighborhood. We've had gators, iguanas, ducks, possums, frogs, rats, sometimes come into our yard. We have the back yard entirely fenced off (chain link fence), but this doesn't stop them from coming in. My little Chihuahuas have been confronted by possums many times, usually during summer. Not little possums, but big ugly nasty ones. They like to run along the top of the fence and taunt my babies. They aren't so quick to come back once I swat them with a broom. The big black birds aren't so friendly either. I've caught them swooping down on my dogs, or taunting them from the trees, cackling and squawking at them. We have a lot of wildlife here for us being in the city. But then again, this neighborhood we live used to be their home at one time. I guess they feel we moved in on them. Luckily we haven't had an y tragedies from them as yet. The worst that has happened was many years ago when we had pet iguanas. We'd bring them in the back yard every day to walk around and do their business. One day a really huge wild iguana came up from the canal into our yard and attacked one of our pet iguanas. It was no contest, the wild one was overpowering and much stronger. In the attack he just about ripped off his front arm, it was hanging and bleeding. We rushed him to the vet and amazingly they saved his arm. Sewed it back on and in a few months it was in good shape. Not as strong, but it was working. That was a $500 vet bill. I have to repeat that last sentence from the previous post.. " Predator animals and predatory birds are everywhere. " Yes.. they are. ~Rose --- In [email protected], catdancerls@... wrote: > > I am so glad you feel t hat way Evelyn about your little girl having > constant supervision outside. There are so many predators out there for small > dogs. > Cases in point: > I saw a program on tv last year where a little boy was outside with his > very small dog, it looked like a Chihuahua, when he heard a yip of pain and > turned to see a large bird carrying his dog off in its talons. The family > diligently searched for their very loved dog all that day, but to no avail > The mother was so upset with herself that she had not thought to protect > their little dog more and it had come to such a terrible demise. > Heartbroken, the family was feeling so sad the next day when they heard a scratching > at their back door and there stood their precious little dog. Only minor > scratches on it, they cannot imagine how their little one managed to escape > its captor, but so overjoyed to their dog ba ck. It was a tearjerker. I > read another story where a woman let her little Maltese out one last time for > the evening, in a fenced yard, and a racoon killed it. So sad. And just > last month in January, maybe some of you saw this story, a man in Chicago > was walking his Chihuahua, at night, and a great horned owl swept down and in > a flash tried to carry his dog off. The owl drug his poor little dog down > the sidewalk, but the man held tight as he could to his dog's leash and > when the owl let go he grabbed his dog up in his arms. His Chihuahua had to > be treated for puncture wounds where the owl's talons sunk in and he said > his dog will no longer go out at night and who could blame the poor little > guy. And this occurred when his owner was obviously right next to his dog. > Once when I was watching my inside cat except for the occasional times I > would allow he r outside in what I thought was a secure back yard, while I > watched from the kitchen window a large bird (we believe it was a peregrine > falcon after seeing a large bird days later sitting in one of our trees, > took pictures, and researched its identity), it swooped down, daytime, and > attempted to grab her but because of her weight and very furry Persian fur it > was unsuccessful and I learned a very valuable lesson that day. It was a > shocking scene. Also, it's been reported that many small dogs are scooped > off of New York City balconies all the time by large predatory birds. The > owners go out to collect their pet and he or she has just disappeared, > forever. Such a painful way to lose a beloved pet. > So many predators outside that our little dogs and cats are no match for > due to their small size and perhaps we should all ALWAYS be outside with > them, extreme ly close to their physical bodies, maybe even teathered with our > pets at all times so that no pet owner's heart is broken in this manner or > due to any of these scenarios. Predator animals and predatory birds are > everywhere. > > > > In a message dated 2/14/2011 8:25:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > evyqpixie@... writes: > > That said, she is never out alone, unsupervised, just in case she ever > does find a way to get to the other side. > > > Evelyn >
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