Could a red fox eat a small dog?  

I'm not sure how aggressive they are either. This fox the other night turned it's ears up at us in a point the other night, but it didn't really look vicious. I'm really curious about it though.

That's what I thought too. My boyfriend suggested we let animal control know, but really what would they do? I'm only seeing one fox at a time, but for all I know there could be a family of them! I have seen hawks go after squirrels before, and pick them up and fly away. My dog is a bit bigger then a squirrel, but really not by much.
Thanks for responding.

Wow you are right, that is crazy and sad.
I seen a big hawk do that once to a squirrel. It was very weird!

Thanks, that's what my boyfriend said too. My neighbor says that the fox seems to be after the bunnies we have around here... but my dog really isn't too much bigger then a bunny!

You know, I'm wondering if since we have fox in our area, your post is making me wonder if we have coyotes too! I've never seen one, but I guess that doesn't mean they don't exist. I'm really wondering what other animals we have. That fox was pretty scary.
I'm not used to seeing much nature. I lived in the city, and we barely had squirrels! Now I'm seeing fox, and bunnies all of the time I wonder whats next! LOL

We just moved out to a rural area too, the coyotes are new to us as well. Thankfully the previous owner of the house warned us about them.

I have not seen them, but we do hear them. You will know if you have coyote in the area, because you will hear them howling. They make a very distinct sound. It'll definitely raise the hairs on the back of your neck!

You got me thinking now. The other night I was outside with the dog. It was really late, and I DID hear a howling noise outside. I was thinking it was the fox. But I dont know if foxes howl? I don't think they do. That is really bizarre! I've also heard ALOT of owls in the woods! I'd love to see an owl up close, they are pretty neat looking.
It sure is weird having all of these animals near me now.

My neighbor said that she didn't think it would eat our dog, but she did think that it might possibly fight with each other. My dog would probably lose the fight. Not only is she a small dog, but she is kinda stupid (for lack of words). I swear she has NO common sense. Dogs are usually pretty smart, but Abby is short a few marbles or something. I dont think she has it in her to defend her self. She plays with my cats like she is a cat, so I really cant see her defending herself againt a bigger fox.

Abby is about as big as a cat, but she is getting fatter. She is hungry all of the time. We recently put her on a diet because really min-pins shouldn't be fat. LOL

Thanks for your comment. I'm also a little concerned about rabies too. She has had her rabies vaccinations, but I don't know if that defends her from an animal biting her with rabies. I'm not sure how the whole vaccine works.
I'm just being real careful out there until I figure out how dangerous these fox are.

yeah, it's definitely to be concerned about. i know where i live we have had an outbreak of foxes with rabies. been really scary here lately and it's even made the news. there have been two so far and a man got bit by one and is having to take the shots to the stomach. hope they get it resolved soon. you might wanna call animal control and see what they suggest as to what needs to happen to get them out of the way. God bless

That's what my neighbors suggested too. I think they will set out traps to catch them. However, I don't know if we are dealing with one fox, or several. I haven't seen him since that night, and all together we've seen it twice.

Yeah, I'm being careful. We do leash her when she goes out because we don't have a fence. At our old house in the city we had a fended yard and she was free to play. Now, we have to leash her to keep her with us--- not just because of the fox but because we don't want her running off. Even before the fox came around we were out there with her, but now we are being even more careful. Thankfully, right now the fox is only out there late at night or really earning in the morning. So far I have only seen one fox at a time, but I'm still wondering if it's the same fox we are seeing of if there is a lot of them that we don't know about yet.

That's the same thing I'm pretty much thinking too. I'm thinking that if it was hungry enough, it would go after it. The size of my dog is not scary too the fox, it's about 5 times it's size. LOL The fox is also more "wild" smart then my dog since it's never been in the wild. It probably has more experience with attacking animals and it's prey.

I'm sitting here starting to think about a story called the Fox and the Hound. I think it was a movie or something.

I'm seeing the fox at the same time as you are seeing them too. I've yet to see a baby fox.

we don't keep trash outside in the back, we have a specific dumpster in our community for it. I'm wondering if the fox has ever been seen near the dumpsters.