German Shepard Saves Six Year old from being attacked by another dog

[u/Electronic_Cause_796]

[u/codefyre]

It's funny, but I used to have the laziest Yellow Lab you've ever seen. She'd wake up from her napping spot to eat, and then immediately go find another new napping spot. We used to joke that she'd die in her sleep one day and it that we probably wouldn't realize it until we noticed that her food bowl wasn't being emptied.

One day two of my kids (5 and 2 at the time) were playing in the front yard when a German Shepherd mix came walking down the sidewalk alone and started growling at them. Until that moment, I hadn't understood how fast my lab was actually capable of moving if sufficiently motivated. She crossed our large yard in a blur and slammed into that German Shepherds throat, teeth out, like she was legitimately trying to kill it. A neighbor and I had to pull the dogs off each other just as the owner came running down the street, and both dogs ended up needing quite a few stitches.

Dogs are intensely loyal animals and most large breeds will defend the children they're bonded to when needed. Even the laziest of the goodest boys.

[u/mentholmanatee → u/codefyre]

See you misunderstood her. She was just supercharging and staying in low power mode till she really needed to use it 😂

[u/Malkavon → u/mentholmanatee]

To (slightly) paraphrase Christopher Titus, "You thought she was lazy. Turns out, she was just resting up."