Zoey may only be a tiny chihuahua but she is big on bravery.
She came to the rescue when a rattlesnake lunged at one-year-old Booker West in Masonville, Colorada.
Booker was splashing his hands in a birdbath in his grandparents’ northern Colorado back yard when the snake slithered up to the toddler, rattled and pulled back ready to strike. Five-pound Zoey jumped between Booker and the snake to protect him. The snake bit her instead.
“She got in between Booker and the snake, and that’s when I heard her yipe,” said Monty Long, the boy’s grandfather.
Zoey was at death's door for a while but, after treatment, managed to pull through.
Zoey is pictured above with Booker and his grandparents.
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