[Dailydrool] Warning re: puppies in the yard (be aware of this danger!)

[Hinchliffe at aol.com]

(First of all, nothing bad happened, so don't worry.)
 
Yesterday, I was visiting my friend, whose dog had four gorgeous, big, fat, 
 happy, healthy puppies.  She lives on a small lot in a highly-populated  
suburb of Boston, with houses tightly next to each other.  (Just so you  know 
that this didn't happen on a rural ranch, where it might sound more  
likely.)
 
We were sitting on the back steps of her porch, watching the four  
six-week-old babies romp and fall over and try to play and puppy-growl and roll  and 
just have a great puppy time.  Suddenly we noticed two hawks circling  
overhead.  Just at that instant, one started to swoop down at the  puppies.
 
Luckily, we both ran and hurled ourselves to cover the puppies, then  
grabbed them and raced inside and everyone was all right.  But  what if we hadn't 
noticed the predators in time?  What if  there had only been one of us?  
What if she were alone with the  puppies and then stepped inside for an 
instant to get a camera?
 
As she has thought about all the things that could happen to the  puppies, 
and has taken every precaution to protect them, it NEVER dawned  on her to 
think about hawks swooping down from the sky.  She lives a  15-minute drive 
from downtown Boston!
 
It took me hours to fall asleep last night, because I kept replaying what  
happened, and the what-ifs.  So I wanted to pass this on to all of you, so  
that whenever you have a puppy (I'm guessing it was their bouncy movements 
that  made them look like bunnies, like prey) you'll be aware that, as safe 
as you  make the environment around them, danger can also come from a 
suburban  sky.
 
--Shaken Beth H. (Duchess ATB and Blueberry ATB)
 
 
 
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