Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:56 AM ET
Tiny dog saves baby from rattlesnake
Chihuahua Protects
Toddler From
Rattlesnake
Toddler From
Rattlesnake
MASONVILLE, Colo. - Zoey is a Chihuahua, but when a rattlesnake lunged at her
owners, 1-year old grandson, she was a real bulldog.
Booker West was splashing his hands in a birdbath in his grandparents' northern
Colorado back yard when the snake slithered up to the toddler, rattled and struck.
Five-pound Zoey jumped in the way and took the bites.
"She got in between Booker and the snake, and that's when I heard her yipe." said
Monty Long, the boy's grandfather.
The dog required treatment and for a time it appeared she might not survive. Now she
prances about.
"These little bitty dogs, they just don't really get credit," Booker's grandma Denise
Long told the Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald.
owners, 1-year old grandson, she was a real bulldog.
Booker West was splashing his hands in a birdbath in his grandparents' northern
Colorado back yard when the snake slithered up to the toddler, rattled and struck.
Five-pound Zoey jumped in the way and took the bites.
"She got in between Booker and the snake, and that's when I heard her yipe." said
Monty Long, the boy's grandfather.
The dog required treatment and for a time it appeared she might not survive. Now she
prances about.
"These little bitty dogs, they just don't really get credit," Booker's grandma Denise
Long told the Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald.
