Heroic doggo saves hooman baby from dog park incident in daring tail of triumph: ‘[He] forced the other dog away from our daughter’

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Feb 18, 2025 6:00 PM EST

Every dog has his day, is how the saying goes. And the story that we have lined up for you today most certainly fits that theme. For the doggo in question began his relationship with his hooman sister on a low simmer. There was no instant love affair, he was not obsessed with her smell as a baby. They simply coexisted peacefully for a number of months. That is, until his hooman sister figured out the whole walking thing and slowly, but surely their relationship started to blossom and grow.

But even that level of warmth is nothing compared to what this courageous canine managed to pull out in his sister's time of need. This brave buddy stepped up to the plate in a way that many hoomans might not even dare to and made sure that before anything else his sister was well cared for and pawtected.

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    'My dog was a hero today.'
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    My dog was a hero today
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    So 18 months ago my wife gave birth to a little girl. We'd had our cockapoo for 4 years and were excited for the two. of them to bond.
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    For the first year our dog was somewhat apathetic to our daughter. He would often leave the room to be alone instead of being around her. We
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    never had any safety concerns about them being together but I suppose we were hoping for more of a Disney- esque bond to form.
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    Anyway, recently he's started engaging with her. Now that she's walking around he knows he can kind of play with her. This is where his heroics come into play.
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    Today we were in a public park, my dog and daughter were playing with two balls. She would
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    throw one (all of 3ft but still) and he enthusiastically pounces on it. We gave the other
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    ball a proper throw for him to go chase and as he was returning, we heard a man in the distance shouting his dog in a panicked voice to come back. That is when
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    we saw a much larger dog come bounding over aggressively towards him and my daughter.
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    I'll add at this point the park was empty and there were no other dogs in sight, which is why we allowed our daughter to be out of her pushchair and playing with our dog.
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    Normally he's a big softie and runs away crying when other dogs approach like this, as he's been attacked before.
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  • But today was no ordinary day, and this doggo would finally show its true colors. Bravery is not a quality that necessarily needs to be shown off often. It is one that is most important in times of need, and in the end, all that matters is what you do when the cards are stacked against you.

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    Not today. Our little guy stood his ground when the larger dog lunged at him with its teeth baring. This dog was twice his size but that didn't stop our little champ.
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    He gave as good as he got and forced the other dog away from our daughter. Once my wife
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    had got our daughter out of harms way I intervened, grabbed my dog and pulled him to safety. He escaped
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    unharmed and I've never been prouder of our little hero.
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  • What a wholesome ending to a heartwarming story. The bond that occurs between pawdorable pets and our hooman children is truly one of the sweetest and most sacred of connections that us hoomans can hope to reach. Honestly, it is probably one of the best reasons to consider having hooman children. 

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    hotmess... My dog is a mastiff that will go belly up to a pug if it's starts barking at her.
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    Unless I'm pregnant. Then she's very protective. That's actually how we found out I was pregnant the second time
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    Forsaken-... Dogs can be very protective of children. Having a dog in the family before the child comes can cause a stronger bond. The
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    first year you said they didn't really connect, I'm sure some of that was due to the dog not being sure how to handle a newborn and probably a little bit of jealousy as well. But family is
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    family and dogs love their family. You dog stood up because that was his human in danger and he knew neither of you could reach them in time. It was time to put up or shut up and your doggo chose to put em up.
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    I've witnessed events like this before. Perhaps give your dog a little something special to promote this
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    protective behaviour, your his humans just as much as he's your dog.
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