I have hawks too. Stunning. If/when I have a litter and the puppies get to the stage where they go out for a few hours, I always have two adult males out with them. (God love male babysitters). They take their job VERY seriously <G>. Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit _http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/) In a message dated 1/31/2011 8:57:12 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, InquestGSD@xxxxxxx writes: Forget the coyotes, which we don't see around here. We do see foxes, but they are more scared of us than we are of them. My only concern with them is the fleas and ticks during summer time. Our bully is a Hawk. What a magnificent bird this is.....he has been perching in one of the neighbors tree for, according to the neighbors, about 7 years. Now, here is the deal.....our neighbors take their bird feeders quite seriously. I cant even begin to imagine how much money they spend on bird seed. And bird houses. I am delighted, there is always a beautiful display of beautiful birds in their yard and ours. No complains. But, I am sure the Hawk feels the same way. Buffet line. Mother Nature at work. The poodles don't go out alone anymore. Specially Huckleberry....he is only 10 pounds. The preferred babysitter is Jackie, I've noticed Mr Hawk doesn't look this way when the GSD are out, but tends to get closer when only the poodles were out. Not taking a chance, I am sure he could fly off with Huckleberry. Too much time on my hands looking out the window. * Ileana * Inquest GSD's, Home of : 2 x Sel EX AM CH & Sel CAN CH Karizma's Cacique of Inquest TC, aka DEXTER Kaleef's Expensive Date (major pointed) aka JACKIE ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================