Chicuahua saves 1 year old

[Degenerate39]

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.

[jmcclain19]

This story doesn't surprise me.

I've had monster sized dogs (Setters & Boxers) my entire life until my wife adopted a Chihuahua/Pomeranian mix over Christmas.

That is the smartest dog I've ever been around. I can teach him anything and he picks up it up with a few tries. He's got the heart of a big dog - that's for sure. Count me as a converted fan.

[Chip R]

I've had a couple of girlfriends who had chihuahuas and at first they are very distrustful of strangers but once they get to know you, there aren't very many dogs who are as loving as them.

[Redsland]

I've had a couple of girlfriends who had chihuahuas and at first they are very distrustful of strangers but once they get to know you, there aren't very many dogs who are as loving as them.

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[KittyDuran]

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