This dog sounds awesome. I just googled them. Evelyn
________________________________ From: Deanna Corey <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 11:40:46 AM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: LYNN/ Carol Smet I think wherever we live...city or country...we all need Anatolian Shepherds!!! A friend of mine got two of them to guard her little flock of Chihuahuas....they are amazing dogs...bred to guard flocks....wouldnt that be fun? She says one watches the sky and the other never takes her eyes off the Chis when they are out in her yard....and they kind of have an imaginary circle they keep the chis in...if they wander too far away they get herded right back in to the "circle". I think it is a great idea and another excuse for more puppies LOL!!!! Waggin' Tails in The Dog Park, Deanna and The Dog Park Pack: Nugget, Shuai-Li, Mouse, Myrtle, Mable,Madison and Caleb and honorary non-dog members of The Dog Park: Stella-Macaw, Stanley-Amazon, Miles the cat www.joys4toys.com ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 8:29:19 AM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: LYNN/ Carol Smet My apartment is right by some woods and there's a fence but it doesn't keep anything out. Luckily we rarely see anything but deer when I take Monster out. He loves to go after the deer though. I have seen an armadillo and a snake before and I've smelled skunk so I'm always on the lookout. I'm pretty sure there's been some raccoons even though I've never actually seen them. I left my trash on the porch once and it got torn through so I'm guessing it was a raccoon and I've seen other evidence of them too. The thing that worries me the most though is birds. The host of the meetup Gloria and I go too had a hawk, or some kind of big bird, grab one of his chis on Christmas last year. Luckily he was able to save it. I see lots of birds flying around here and there's probably owls out at night. So I'm always looking at the sky. Lorena Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T ________________________________ From: [email protected] Sender: [email protected] Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:31:03 -0500 (EST) To: <[email protected]> ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: LYNN/ Carol Smet I live in an urban area but have a creek across the street, so lots of wild life. The possums are my biggest worry they are mean and destructive. One went after a much larger dog down the street from me, my neighbor saw it and went after it with a tree limb, she said it stopped and tried to charge her, until she hit it and it ran off. We were told that it probably had babies near by and that was what it was defending, at any rate, they are mean! Gloria -----Original Message----- From: moonivy2852002 <[email protected]> To: Chihuahuas <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Feb 15, 2011 10:13 pm Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: LYNN/ Carol Smet Yep, good advice to heed for sure. It's unlikely Elmo could get out of my yard but I worry about what can get in so I always go out when he does. I also live in an urban area with a surprising amount of wildlife. The possums and racoons in particular are worrisome - I've seen some that are quadruple his size and he's on the large side for a chi. No iguanas here but that's sure a scary story. Glad your pet was able to be healed, Rose. -Beth "The heart is a bloom, shoots up through the stony ground." U2 Beautiful Day --- On Tue, 2/15/11, meccarose <[email protected]> wrote: >From: meccarose <[email protected]> >Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: LYNN/ Carol Smet >To: [email protected] >Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 4:40 PM > > > > >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 any 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 > >
