We have a BIG owl in our neighborhood that’s setup a pretty decent land claim. The dogs can hear it from inside the house and will not go outside when the owl is visiting our yard. Even if I drag the dogs outside, they’ll just stand at my legs and pee on the concrete. One of the dogs is nearly 200lbs.
Usual animal reasons - staking claim to their bit of owlish territory, finding a mate, sounding an alarm…
We have a BIG owl in our neighborhood that’s setup a pretty decent land claim. The dogs can hear it from inside the house and will not go outside when the owl is visiting our yard. Even if I drag the dogs outside, they’ll just stand at my legs and pee on the concrete. One of the dogs is nearly 200lbs.
I had one divebomb me for like half a mile once, it probably did that to your dog and freaked it out.