hero cat saves boy from dog attack

cyntdon2010 wrote:
I love Dogs.... Real Campers have camping dogs.

Being "new" on this forum you most likely haven't discovered yet that quite a few campers rv with their cats.

I love Dogs.... Real Campers have camping dogs.

Our cats were the ninjas of shock and awe attacks. They could make Rotties scream and Dobies run for their lives when protecting our kids. Our feline family members are always protective of us.

amandasgramma wrote:

chele wrote:
Great cat! Looked to me like Mom was right there, kiddo heading toward her dragging his trike. That dog needs put down without a doubt. Kid wasn't doing anything wring, couldn't have been perceived as any kind of threat. I'm so glad the kid is OK.

I have such mixed feelings about this video. Glad the kid is okay -- though probably will be afraid of dogs from now on. LOVE that the cat protected him. But I wonder......WHY did that dog attack? I had a dog (doxy) that kept trying to attack a neighbor's kid. Every time that dog saw a child about the same height and coloring, she'd try to attack. I eventually had to put the dog down. I found out later (too late :() that the neighbor kid would kick and hurt the dog when no one was around. Why the other neighbors didn't tell me, I'll never know. I had small children and the doxy never hurt any other children except the one (and his look-alikes)...... so, in this case......had the child done something to the dog? Yes, the dog needed to be put down.....but was it just an evil dog or did something precipitate the dog's actions?

I think dogs are like people. Some just suck. A friend had a dog that was well taken care of. One day it turned mean for no reason on his 2yr old son. Dog was put down that day.

chele wrote:
Great cat! Looked to me like Mom was right there, kiddo heading toward her dragging his trike. That dog needs put down without a doubt. Kid wasn't doing anything wring, couldn't have been perceived as any kind of threat. I'm so glad the kid is OK.

I have such mixed feelings about this video. Glad the kid is okay -- though probably will be afraid of dogs from now on. LOVE that the cat protected him. But I wonder......WHY did that dog attack? I had a dog (doxy) that kept trying to attack a neighbor's kid. Every time that dog saw a child about the same height and coloring, she'd try to attack. I eventually had to put the dog down. I found out later (too late :() that the neighbor kid would kick and hurt the dog when no one was around. Why the other neighbors didn't tell me, I'll never know. I had small children and the doxy never hurt any other children except the one (and his look-alikes)...... so, in this case......had the child done something to the dog? Yes, the dog needed to be put down.....but was it just an evil dog or did something precipitate the dog's actions?

Great cat! Looked to me like Mom was right there, kiddo heading toward her dragging his trike. That dog needs put down without a doubt. Kid wasn't doing anything wring, couldn't have been perceived as any kind of threat. I'm so glad the kid is OK.

Just saw a Today Show interview with the parents. Mom holding the boy (slept through the interview) and Dad holding Hero Kitty named Tara (fairly mellow as cats go, but eventually got bored and left.)

They showed photos of the wounds, later stitched up. Pretty nasty, inflicted in just a second. Looked like it sure would have been so much worse without the cat's fast actions. Mom was nearby and it happened very Suddenly. Dad wasn't there, later put the video together from neighborhood security cameras, trying to piece together what happened.

dave17352 wrote:
HERO CAT!!


This is really amazing as a cat saves a boy from a brutal dog attack. This is a little hairy but ends happy and incredible!

a lot better than the short TV version.
bumpy

McZippie wrote:

mike-uswest wrote:
Who filmed this, and why didn't they try to help? Also, why did the mother leave with the child still out there?

Mike

Why are there 3 different cameras or 3 camera angles used during the video?

I believe Old Biscuit answered the question. It's a home surveillance system.
They took the video from different cameras and combined them to show the whole story.

I think mom was looking for the dog.

mike-uswest wrote:
Who filmed this, and why didn't they try to help? Also, why did the mother leave with the child still out there?

Mike

Why are there 3 different cameras or 3 camera angles used during the video?