Eep! O.O Being hit by an eagle and surviving is an incredible feat for a dog in good shape, much less a tired toy!
Dumb question, maybe someone can answer, I thought 18#s was at the very high-end for healthy miniature poodles never mind toy strays. Was she a very starved standard?
eagles have been know to do this with turtles drop them to break the shell maybe the eagle thought it would be the same with the dog and flew away when it did not work.
Kiersten Lippman Webboard User Reg: 09-28-2009
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I've heard of bald eagles carrying a maximum of 15 lbs. I think an 18 lb poodle would be too heavy for a bald eagle to lift off the ground. The eagle could kill an animal that size, but not carry it off. I'm sure there are exceptions, but generally, eagle prey weighs about 5 lbs. Around here, people with toy breeds (under 15 lbs) do need to be careful about predation from bald eagles. Even if the bird couldn't lift the dog, it could kill it.
I'm guessing, in this case, that if the attack came from a bird, it was a goshawk or possibly red-tail hawk defending it's nest, and not a bald eagle looking for dinner. Either way, the poodle is one lucky dog.
Tammy Moore Webboard User Reg: 01-14-2010
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While no one saw her arrive, deep talon marks in her back and sides strongly suggest she was the unwilling passenger of a hungry eagle for some time until being dropped from the sky,
Not!
Talk about some sensationalized journalism.
An 18 pound dog weighs about as much, or more, as a female eagle, the guys are much smaller. They can only carry about half of their body weight, so doubt this pooch had a long flight, and drop from the sky. A ground attack by an eagle, hawk, or owl, maybe.
about 10 years ago we had a peculiar experience along these lines. Our IG, weighing about 12 lbs, disappeared from our home. This dog never ran anywhere, she followed machinery and the kids on the 4 wheeler, but never strayed.
5 days after she disappeared (she'd been let out to pee around 4:30 pm) a neighbor 5 miles away called. When we picked up our dog, there were lacerations, over her back and around her neck and head.
For 4 days while she was gone, an eagle sat in a tree in our yard, peering down. I didn't think much of it until after we found the dog.
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