Being a Mainer, I can attest to sIx's story, though I honestly don't remember the breed of dog (very well could have been a dachshund). I know my sister and her husband have pugs and there was an eagle circling their back yard right around the same time...they had to go out and corral the dogs in quickly.

When I was a teenager I had a dog, Ginger, who was 1/2 dachshund and 1/2 german shepard, poor dear. Funniest looking dog you've ever seen.