scary but very true. claudia cowan has more on the story. >> this is this is staples. >> reporter: she worried a car or coyote might one day claim the lives of her dogs which is why she and her husband fenced in their property in santa rosa, california. now they are mourning the loss of their belovered chihuahua trooper and nursing bandit back to health after an attack from out of the . she just left the dogs in the backyard and preparing to join them. >> in the time it took me to put my boots on i heard a horrendous cat screeching noise i thought it was a mountain lyon or bob >> reporter: it was a pair of great horned owls like these that typical eat rats and squirrels but had a digger appear the two skwaoped down and attacked bandit and