In separate rattlesnake attacks, dog saves child and child saves dog
Two separate rattlesnake attacks unfolded on opposite sides of the country with very different results. In one attack, a snake bit a dog protecting a child, and in the other, the snake bit a child protecting his dog.
On Wednesday in Florida, a 2-year-old German shepherd named Haus was playing with 7-year-old Molly DeLuca in their backyard when the Eastern diamondback rattlesnake slithered near them. The dog jumped into action.
"He was standing up for my daughter, he was standing between, he didn't budge," Donya DeLuca told Fox 13. She said the girl could have died had the snake attacked her.
DeLuca said her daughter "saw him jump back, and go forward, and jump back and go forward... Next thing we know is, there's blood and he was limping and crying."
Doctors in Tampa said the snake bit the dog three times. Haus received antivenin but suffered kidney damage.
Still, relatives said Haus showed signs of recovery. Two days later, the dog was able to stand up again.
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