FRIGGIN BALD EAGLE GOT OUR POODLE !!!

[OLDSTER]

Up to the lake in Minnesota to open up the house last weekend. Bald Eagles are common in the area; and especially before ice-out ( when no fishing available for the Baldies ), they'll eat anything EVEN LITTLE DOGS ! Anyhow, little Maggie was out in the yard ( I stress WAS ) when my wife let out a howl. We could just see the eagle with Maggie in tow go down behind the outbuilding. In a couple seconds here comes Maggie, hell-bent-for-election, racing around the corner and made a be-line for her doggie door into the house. Not a mark on her. In retrospect pretty hilarious. !!

 

[KalamazooKid]

Holy smokes, glad she's ok!

 

[Onomea]

Wow! Pretty amazing that she is unharmed.

 

[crazyphil]

Lesson learned, for Maggie's sake I hope.

 

[fiasconva]

I have a feeling getting Maggie out of the house is going to be nearly impossible for a while. Glad she wasn't hurt or taken.

 

[tt66]

Our pond is maybe 25 yards from our bedroom and back patio. Several years ago we woke up to an Eagle eating a 'fish' at the bank of the pond. It was cool and we video'd it, posted on FB, all that. That afternoon when I got off work, I walked down to the pond to see what was left of the 'fish'.
It was a neighbors pet dog, they had let it out to walk and it didn't come back. That part was not cool.

 

[soFlaNative]

Great story!
Wonderful bird but none too slick sometimes picking off the ground. I've twice seen them slam a small possum then tumble to the ground before finishing them off. Must have been Maggie's day.
Bald eagles down here get meals by making an osprey drop their fish.

 

[Erich]

That's kinda hilarious. Glad it all worked out.

Better than for the judge I know whose visitors' kids lost their cat to a red-tailed hawk in the Sandia foothills.

 

[glenwolde]

Probably got some teeth on a drumstick and the bird let go. People laugh at poodles but they frequently have a bit of fight in them.

 

[tlawler]

Glad she's ok. I feared the worst when I read the title.

 

[sophie]

Dang, glad Maggie is okay. Could have been her last hurrah, lucky dog.

 

[Fullmetaljacket]

Must have been a heck of a ride for her, glad she made it back to the doggie door.

 

[Truckman]

People laugh at poodles but they frequently have a bit of fight in them.

Also the crossbreeds, like my late lamented Peke-a-Poos...Those two would barehand a bulldozer if it threatened them......Ben

 

[30-30remchester]

I am of the same opinion as Teddy Roosevelt concerning bald eagles. Nothing but glorified fish-eating vultures. Knowledgeable outdoorsmen used to kill every eagle they saw. Before Mimi Eisenhauer heard about and threw a hissy fit, Alaskan game wardens were required to shoot bald eagles. Just saw a video of a eagle eating an antelope alive. It had gotten on its back and was chowing down on the poor beast. The lope could do nothing but walk away as it was being eaten. When in Alaska a motorhome pulled into a gas station and grandma took her poodle for a walk. A bald eagle snatched the dog and off it went to join the Alaskan food chain. Grandma went ballistic. Grandpa was seen around the corner of the motorhome, fist pumped muttering yes, yes, yes. We have always lived in remote areas and many a pet just wasn't there anymore.

 

[6518John]

Probably got some teeth on a drumstick and the bird let go. People laugh at poodles but they frequently have a bit of fight in them.

Best gun-dog I EVER hunted over was a big black standard poodle—Pete. He was far and away the best retriever of doves and quail I have ever seen including a Jack Russell that was a big field trial champion.

Pete was excellent water dog on ducks and geese too. His only weakness is he did not like to have to bust ice or hunt in bitterly cold weather. Neither do I so we got along fine!!!!

 

[TXBryan]

It's not uncommon when elk hunting in Northeast New Mexico to have a gaggle of bald eagles converge on a 100+lb gut pile and make very, very short work of it. It's amazing if you haven't seen how much and how fast 10 or 20 eagles can eat.

The guides routinely refer to bald eagles as "dumpster ducks."

Glad your pooch survived with little more than a lesson.

Bryan

 

[steelslaver]

Once you have seen the "noble" bald eagle up to its waist in a tub of fish guts at the cannery you will appreciate his real beauty.

The main difference between them and vultures is the eagle has feathers on their head. But, eagles have better press agents. Both have their place in the scheme of things.

 

[dodgecharger]

Wow, Maggie is one lucky pooch. Very happy to hear she is ok.

 

[Anton Chigurh]

How the hell does an eagle seize and fly off with a dog and then lose it without leaving a mark? Grabbed her collar?

 

[Rudi]

That's one lucky pup! Happy for you.