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‘I love dogesh': German Shepherd leaps into action to save kids from stray dog, dramatic video goes viral
Amid several incidents of pet dogs attacking people, a heartwarming video of a German Shepherd saving a bunch of kids from stray dogs emerged on social media. The video, posted on X, shows a German Shepherd leaping into action to protect children from what appears to be a stray dog.
The footage, reportedly from a residential neighbourhood in Rishikesh, shows the German Shepherd calmly sitting on a balcony, observing the street. As some children run past him on the street, the dog suddenly becomes alert. Then, without hesitation, it jumps off the balcony and rushes toward a stray dog following the kids.
The children continue running, seemingly unaware of any threat, while the German Shepherd chases the stray dog. The video's authenticity and context remain unverified.
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The video quickly gained traction, amassing over two million views. Numerous social media users hailed the pet dog, with a user commenting, 'Praying that good doggo didn't get hit and the other dog isn't rabid.'
But not all were convinced the dog was trying to save the kids. A user wrote, 'Okay I love dogs but let's be honest here. The dog jumped not to save the kids but to chase the other dog.'
'German shepherd dogs protects first and attacks later. It can't harm anybody for no reason, because it's not their nature to do so,' a third user reacted. 'German shepherd , belgian malinois and labrador and huskies are the best loving and caring and helpful dogs rest all very dangerous and harmful dogs to kids, like pakistani bully, American bully, rottweiler, pitbull these 4 are very dangerous for home also,' a fourth user said.
In a tragic incident that took place in March, a 90-year-old woman was mauled to death by her own German Shepherd in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur.
