I visit avian avenue often but rarely post but tonight I needed to warn other small dog owners. Yesterday afternoon my Chihuahua was attacked by a hawk in my backyard. Thank god my husband just happened to look out the window and saw it happen. He ran into the yard yelling and when he got about three feet away, the hawk flew away. My dog was very frightened, but appeared to be unharmed. This morning, her eye was swollen and she was very lethargic. We took her to the vet. She had already developed an infection in her eye. She had a fever. The vet said her cornea was lacerated and ulcerated. We were sent to animal hospital about an hour away to a veterinarian ophthalmologist. She is on an antibiotic, pain medication, and two different eye drops which hopefully will cure infection, heal cornea and prevent surgery. We are so lucky when we think what might have happened. My dog is always in our yard and we've never had any problems with wild animals. She'll never be out their alone again! She is laying next to me now, wrapped in a blanket, and I'm just so grateful she will be ok.
Please be careful with your small dogs, this is something I never imagined could happen.
Please be careful with your small dogs, this is something I never imagined could happen.
) but in my situation, if I had simply bent down and scooped her up, I have no doubt I would have been knocked down and I don't want to even think about what wuld have happened then.
