Lets hear it for the Rottweiler.

Rottweiler fights dog to save boy

A South African Rottweiler has helped rescue a two-year-old boy who was being mauled by a pit bull terrier.

The pit bull attacked Tshepang Taeli as he was walking with his grandmother in Oakdene, south of Johannesburg.

The dog was dragging the toddler down the road and would not let go, despite being kicked and beaten by residents.

One of the neighbours, Ricky Veludo, came to help and then went to fetch his dog, Blade. "He fought the other dog to free the child," he told a local paper.

"Blade is very protective," Mr Veludo told Die Beeld newspaper.

The boy was then rushed to hospital where he is recovering from bites to his face, legs and stomach.

"I have never felt so much pain in my life. The dog was attacking him and I was trying to release him and I could not," the boy's grandmother told The Star newspaper.

Police have opened an investigation into the attack.
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Copied from BBC News Home Page.

 

Go Rottie

 

Yay for the Rottweiler!

 

:thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb: Rottie

 

A noble, brave and very much maligned breed.

 

Im not suprised, When I worked on a farm , we actualy had one that we used to round up cattle, for a big dog he could move fast and did the job excelently, a gentle giant. The other one who was a rescue was another story, it almost had my fingers the one day when i tried to open a gate, but it had been misstreated in a past life.

Like any dog, if well trained they are great, badly trained a menace.

 

I agree Paul, it is not the dogs fault, it is the humans fault.

 

Any dog is a Wolf in disguise. Depends how they are trained.

 

I don't know how well I trained mine, she's scared of the ironing board... :D

 

What's an ironing board....I'm with your dog on that one, heh,heh.

 

:D:D
I knew that dog was just trying to avoid ironing! :p