Maybe this wouldn't happen if people didn't buy yappy little rat-dogs.

Don't mind the cats but the little doggies?
That's just harsh.

Yeah, I'm a specie-ist.
Deal with it.

This is why I never have small pets. I saw a hawk catch a rabbit once and then fling its guts all over the place. It was awful.

I wonder how many licks it took?

Could it possibly mean that your dog is a demon that eats people?

/obscure?

Hoo would do something so terrible?

RexTalionis: Hey, back in the day, giant raptors swoop out of the sky and eat hominids like our early ancestors.

All things considered, it's a step up.


You've been watching too much Flintstones again. Or was it 1,000,000 Years BC?

The Svanhild Hartvigsen Story (new window)

Marlon Lowe. (new window)

Albuquerque have claimed that giant owls have moved into the area and are snacking on their small cats and dogs

Snacking? Eating something that's approximately the size of you is snacking? Can I snack on reporters for this poor linguistical call?

yeah the species pictured in the article is a barn owl. Those only get to about 9 or 10 in overall length tall. I doubt those could carry a little dog of about the same weight.

Great horned owls are the biggest predators of skunks. If you have a pet bigger than a skunk, it's OK, If you have a dog smaller than a skunk, keep it indoors after dark. If you have a cat--keep it indoors all the time, no exceptions.

There are a couple of Great Horned Owls that next in a pine tree 2 houses down. The male is at least 2 feet tall when perched, if not bigger. My biggest complaint is that they sit out and make a tremendous amount of noise all night when there. Never had a problem with them attacking pets.

rat dogs beware hahahahahhaa

Wait... not a repeat thread. The other one wasn't about owls. Heh.

Hawkward.

Any dog under 20lbs isn't a real dog.

Well... she believes it.

bravian: Any dog under 20lbs isn't a real dog.

To be fair, the article said "puppy." Even your big dog puppies fall in the under 20lbs range.

Owl poop > Tebow

wonder why the shortage of small snacks woodsy owl usually goes after.

BroVinny: bravian: Any dog under 20lbs isn't a real dog.

To be fair, the article said "puppy." Even your big dog puppies fall in the under 20lbs range.

My grandfather's German Sheppard, a beast of an animal, was 6 lbs when he brought him home.

KrispyKritter: wonder why the shortage of small snacks woodsy owl usually goes after.

Owls aint' so different from people. Usually you go for the funyons, but every once in a while you wanna drive out fifteen miles to that place that has those badassed pretzel dogs.

JasonOfOrillia: Maybe this wouldn't happen if people didn't buy yappy little rat-dogs.

Have a heaping helping of THIS

My sister once lost a cat to a wedge-tailed eagle. It sucks, but it happens.

It's going to be a dogfight!

I was filling up at a gas station with those islands that have 2 to 3 pumps and a roof sitting on I-beams and these 2 feathered wings come floating down and the entire rest of the pigeon or robin was completely gone. A few seconds later and this whooshing sound starts and this owl goes flying off the roof. The funny thing was it was noon. The owl must have wanted a midnight snack.

StrikitRich: There are a couple of Great Horned Owls that next in a pine tree 2 houses down. The male is at least 2 feet tall when perched, if not bigger. My biggest complaint is that they sit out and make a tremendous amount of noise all night when there. Never had a problem with them attacking pets.

I love the sound of an owl in the distance...

And yeah, get a bigger dog. Or keep close watch on your prey animal.

I was walking back up to campus one night a few years back and I happened upon a very large owl eating a still writhing skunk. I nearly shat myself in sheer terror. The wingspan had to be nearly ten foot long. If it wasn't for modern lighting and books with owls in them I can see where stories of monsters and demons in the woods can originate easily from.

Owls fill the same role as spiders; they eat the bad, disease carrying varmits. While spiders eat bad, disease carrying insects. So, to recap, owl=good, rat=bad; spider=good, crickets that get behind the fridge and chirp all the damn time = bad; purse dog=bad, regular dog=good

CSB - One winter we had a huge first snow so I went for a hike. I was crossing a field when I had a feeling I should look to the sky. I turned around and looked up and there was an owl diving for my head. He hit his air brakes and flew away when our eyes met, but man alive. Be careful, or something.

Message for you sir!

iheartscotch: Owls fill the same role as spiders; they eat the bad, disease carrying varmits. While spiders eat bad, disease carrying insects. So, to recap, owl=good, rat=bad; spider=good, crickets that get behind the fridge and chirp all the damn time = bad; purse dog=bad, regular dog=good

spider-owl = awesome

StrikitRich: There are a couple of Great Horned Owls that next in a pine tree 2 houses down. The male is at least 2 feet tall when perched, if not bigger. My biggest complaint is that they sit out and make a tremendous amount of noise all night when there. Never had a problem with them attacking pets.

Females are bigger than males.

In NM they are called tecalote'.
If you live in the hills there you should be aware of the many predators.

potterydove: StrikitRich: There are a couple of Great Horned Owls that next in a pine tree 2 houses down. The male is at least 2 feet tall when perched, if not bigger. My biggest complaint is that they sit out and make a tremendous amount of noise all night when there. Never had a problem with them attacking pets.

Females are bigger than males.

Especially, in the south.