This dog is braver than most men.
A family dog in Connecticut is receiving national praise after it was seen on video charging a black bear that was just feet away from a young child.
In the video a young boy can be seen playing outside when all of the sudden a black bear begins charging into the area where the child is playing which resulted in the family husky to step in and charge the bear.
Watch the wild moment here:
ABC News provided further details on the heroic action by the dog:
A family dog pulled off an act of bravery over the weekend, leaping in between a charging bear and a young child.
Video from Jeffrey Tazzara’s home security system, licensed by Storyful, shows a young boy standing in the driveway outside Tazzara’s home as a black bear appears, running toward the child at a high speed.
As the boy backs away, the family’s husky runs over from across the yard and can be seen chasing the bear away, circling behind the animal and placing itself in between the bear and the boy.
The bear, seemingly frightened, quickly turns away from the boy and continues running, sliding under a boat parked in the driveway.
According to Storyful, Tazzara said the footage was filmed Saturday at his home in Connecticut.
“[The dog] always puts herself in between strangers and the kids, but you always wonder in the back of your head, ‘What’s gonna happen if she needs to protect us?’ And now we know,” Tazzara told ABC New Haven affiliate WTNH.
Referencing how he would reward the family’s dog, he added, “Probably a T-bone or something like that, she’ll get to enjoy.”
Bear season has been in full swing all cross the United States.
Last week a woman was approached by a grizzly bear while she was walking her dog.
Take a look:
ABC News provided comments from the woman in the video:
A 29-year-old woman is opening up about surviving a close encounter with a grizzly bear while she was out walking with her dog.
Jessie Oakes and her Dutch Shepherd dog Skoki were on a morning walk in an Alberta, Canada, wilderness camp last Wednesday when they came face to face with the bear.
“I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I am in the pathway of this 400-pound animal,'” Oakes told ABC News.
Oakes said she noticed the bear at a distance before it came towards her and Skoki and started to circle them. She noted that the bear appeared to take a particular interest in Skoki.
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