Little dog faces an unexpected danger (Video)

Last week, Natalaya Hines was at a park in Pennsylvania with her dog, little Sugarfoot, when someone unexpected briefly dropped in to join them. While Hines sat, enjoying the sight of her happy dog running around in the grass, a pretty alarming thing happened. Seemingly out of nowhere, a very large bird of prey swooped in fast with her talons out — barreling down on little Sugarfoot.

Fortunately, after getting a closer look, the bird turned away at the last second, leaving Sugarfoot unscathed. Maybe because he realizes that a human was very close. Well, that was pretty scary! “I was just trying to catch her on film during an adorable moment,” said Hines. “Never did I think a hawk would try to swoop down and get her.” Thankfully, Sugarfoot seemed unaware of what had happened. She just wanted to run and play.

The bird attacked his little dog

Hines never imagined that a large bird would ever come so close to pouncing on her dog, so the incident has served as a good reminder to keep close tabs on her while they’re out and about — which is probably good advice for owners of all pups, even without large birds around. Watch the video of the little dog’s crazy close encounter.