Important Lessons Can Be Learned From How This Redditor And Their Incredible Doggo Handled A Dangerous Situation

"I can't hold him. I'm not going to be able to hold him back."

Maryjane

• Published in Animal Stories
• July 12, 2022

There is nothing more distressing than an apprehensive experience with a bigger dog. And no, we don’t have anything against big dogs.

In fact, it’s the total opposite. It's simply a reality that their actual size makes them all the more ready to break free and overwhelm their owners.

The owners being referred to are, in many cases, just a little bigger than the actual dogs! This is similar to what the Redditor named duchess_of_fire in today’s story came in contact with, and it wasn’t a little thing to handle at all.

According to the story, which was shared with the r/dogs subreddit community, the OP snuck out of a meeting to take her dog (a great dane, lab, amstaff mix ~80 lbs) for a quick walk since the sun was shining brightly. Fifteen minutes into the walk, they saw an old lady and her Great Pyrenees about 15 ft away.

Immediately her dog saw the OP’s dog, it started snarling and lunging at the great Dane. The most shocking part of this whole event was when the dog owner started yelling that she couldn’t hold back her dog.

The situation got intense as the OP’s dog started growling back and trying to get away as well, while the great Pyrenees kept drawing the old lady closer and closer. What is going to happen next?

Find out as you read the full story below.

I heard the words...

Snuck out of a meeting...

A dog has gone after my dog before

My dog took off without me and the other dog started calming down

The race home while searching for the doggo must have been agonizing for the OP. And you can only imagine the type of joy OP felt to see her doggo sitting tight and waiting for her at home after being confronted with such an incoming danger.

The redditor and also the author of this story went ahead to share the lessons learnt from this experience.

Trying to remember where I left my car keys

Take aways from my experience

Other redditors had so much to say, and they wasted no time in making use of the comments section. Some told similar stories of their own while others were proud of the OP for having trained the dog well.

We’ve gathered some of the most upvoted comments, so keep scrolling and check them out.

A dog well trained to stop a confrontation

I didn't train my dog to do this

My boyfriend's mom is notorious about forgetting to close the gate

The owner tumbled out of the jeep

If you can't physically control your dog then...

My MIL wants to walk the dog so badly...

There are things or situations that can just leave one stunned and have you like "what the heck just happened?" This story is one of such, and we are glad both the dog and its owner are safe and sound.

What do you think about this whole story? Leave all your replies and opinions in the comments section below.

Maryjane