sheevaa
May 2nd, 2010, 02:10 AM
We can always do with more heroic pups, right? :)
When a hungry cougar came calling, an 11-year-old boy named Austin Forman had Angel on his side.
Austin went outside to collect wood for his family's wood-burning furnace. He noticed that Angel, his happy-go-lucky golden retriever, was acting much more cautious and guarded than usual. Within moments, a cougar tried to pounce on Austin. Angel jumped directly into the big cat's path and bore the brunt of the attack instead.
"She was my best friend, but now she's even greater to me. She's more than a best friend now," Austin said after the attack, which almost certainly would have killed Angel if a local police constable hadn't managed to shoot the cougar.
The 18-month-old dog had surgery to repair extensive injuries to her head. "I was just lucky my dog was there, because it happened so fast I wouldn't have known what hit me," Austin said. "I bought her a big, nice juicy steak."
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a86/sheevaa/Forum/tdy_morales_dog_100105hmedium.jpg
Source (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36834168/ns/today-today_pets_and_animals/?pg=2#TDY_AnimalsSavingHumans#ixzz0mU4hBXS8)
When a hungry cougar came calling, an 11-year-old boy named Austin Forman had Angel on his side.
Austin went outside to collect wood for his family's wood-burning furnace. He noticed that Angel, his happy-go-lucky golden retriever, was acting much more cautious and guarded than usual. Within moments, a cougar tried to pounce on Austin. Angel jumped directly into the big cat's path and bore the brunt of the attack instead.
"She was my best friend, but now she's even greater to me. She's more than a best friend now," Austin said after the attack, which almost certainly would have killed Angel if a local police constable hadn't managed to shoot the cougar.
The 18-month-old dog had surgery to repair extensive injuries to her head. "I was just lucky my dog was there, because it happened so fast I wouldn't have known what hit me," Austin said. "I bought her a big, nice juicy steak."
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a86/sheevaa/Forum/tdy_morales_dog_100105hmedium.jpg
Source (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36834168/ns/today-today_pets_and_animals/?pg=2#TDY_AnimalsSavingHumans#ixzz0mU4hBXS8)