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Hawk attack

Small dog attacked by hawk, thankfully puppy not hurt

I just want to let everyone know what happened to us yesterday so hopefully you can prevent it from happening to your small animals. We recently purchased a French Bulldog puppy who is now about 4 months old and approximately 15#. We were playing outside yesterday with both dogs (the Frenchie and our adult English Mastiff) at approximately 5:00 pm. After playing for about 45 minutes, we were relaxing on the sofa/s enjoying the weather. Both dogs were resting within a few feet of where we were sitting. A hawk swooped down towards our Frenchie. He came within 4 feet or so of attacking her. Thankfully, our daughter was able to scare it off by flailing her arms and legs to cover the pup. The hawk then flew away in the direction of Concord School. We did not see or hear the attack until it was almost too late. We were just lucky that our daughter was sitting so close to her puppy to thwart the attack. We were completely freaked out! We were aware that a few hawks lived in the neighborhood, but frankly we never had a small animal to worry about. We have never heard of a domestic animal that has been attacked in the neighborhood! Since we never let her outside unattended, we felt safe as long as we were with her. Obviously the hawk is not afraid of 2 adults and an English Mastiff! Hopefully this is an isolated incident, but please pay particular attention to your surroundings while you are outside with your small-breed animals, especially against an aggressive predator...

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