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Jonas Pilot · 09-17-2009, 08:48 AM

A few winters ago I was throwing the Frisbee for my Lab. It was just about dusk. Recent snow storms had left about 3 feet of fluffy snow upon my wooded lot. I tossed the disc out and my dog eagerly bounded to retrieve it. From the corner of my eye, to my right, I caught motion. In the dimming light I watched in awe and alarm as a Great Horned Owl silently swooped down towards my unaware Labrador Retriever, it’s 50 inch wings out stretched and slightly pulled back and it’s talons extended. At the last moment, only a foot or two away, it pulled up and away apparently deciding that a 70 pound meal might have been a little too much to deal with. This was when my lab finally saw the owl. It looked up, watched it depart, grabbed the Frisbee and came back more than happy to end our play session. Of course afterwards I knew that the bird probably wouldn’t have attacked my pet but at that moment it was a very exciting experience.

09-17-2009, 08:48 AM	#7
Jonas Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire is my home, 24-7-365 Posts: 1,686 Thanks: 1,047 Thanked 336 Times in 189 Posts	Near miss! A few winters ago I was throwing the Frisbee for my Lab. It was just about dusk. Recent snow storms had left about 3 feet of fluffy snow upon my wooded lot. I tossed the disc out and my dog eagerly bounded to retrieve it. From the corner of my eye, to my right, I caught motion. In the dimming light I watched in awe and alarm as a Great Horned Owl silently swooped down towards my unaware Labrador Retriever, it’s 50 inch wings out stretched and slightly pulled back and it’s talons extended. At the last moment, only a foot or two away, it pulled up and away apparently deciding that a 70 pound meal might have been a little too much to deal with. This was when my lab finally saw the owl. It looked up, watched it depart, grabbed the Frisbee and came back more than happy to end our play session. Of course afterwards I knew that the bird probably wouldn’t have attacked my pet but at that moment it was a very exciting experience.