{"id":36361,"date":"2018-05-23T07:41:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T11:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arod.org\/?p=36361"},"modified":"2019-07-10T10:47:34","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T14:47:34","slug":"little-dogs-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyctalking.com\/little-dogs-outside\/","title":{"rendered":"Little dogs outside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us have small little puppies or dogs. It is in our best interest to keep these small doggies near us, leashed, and protected at all times.<\/p>\n<p>My dog is so small, that she could easily trigger the prey instincts of a larger dog. She&#8217;s also small and light enough that a bird of prey could easily pick her up and carry her away.<\/p>\n<p>As I understand it, we have several birds of prey in the city now. Some native and some introduced later. You can read more about that <a href=\"http:\/\/animalnewyork.com\/2015\/the-ultimate-pecking-order-of-new-york-citys-birds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>, this post was quite eye opening. I had no idea it was that common.<\/p>\n<p>If your doggy is on a leash, and a bird tries to take it away, you have a fighting chance of yanking the doggy back and seeking cover. I can&#8217;t imagine the devastation one could feel if their loving pet was taken by a wild predator. So best take whatever precautions you can to protect your pet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nyctalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/33021693_10155758824334151_562975061800124416_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36366\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nyctalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/33021693_10155758824334151_562975061800124416_n.jpg?resize=627%2C627\" alt=\"\" width=\"627\" height=\"627\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My puppy is 2 1\/2 pounds, and I am super protective of her. If a dog or anything tried to hurt her, I&#8217;d have to hurt them. So in the interest of all parties involved, I&#8217;m super careful with my baby girl.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I wanted to share that tip with ya&#8217;ll. I think it could go a long way in protecting your small fur baby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Many of us have small little puppies or dogs. It is in our best interest to keep these small doggies near us, leashed, and protected <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/nyctalking.com\/little-dogs-outside\/\" title=\"Little dogs outside\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,47],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nyctalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angelrtalk-hawk.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyctalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyctalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyctalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyctalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyctalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nyctalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyctalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyctalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyctalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyctalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}