Fearless Senior Yorkshire Terrier Takes Bite From Pygmy Rattlesnake to Protect Owners on Hike

Fearless Senior Yorkshire Terrier Takes Bite From Pygmy Rattlesnake to Protect Owners on Hike
Illustration - Konstantin Gushcha/Shutterstock
Updated:

An 11-year-old Yorkshire terrier named Bear, in South Dakota, has truly lived up to the title “man’s best friend.”

While hiking with their dog in late July, married couple Devin and Alex Diede walked right into the path of a pygmy rattlesnake crossing the Centennial Trail near Sheridan Lake in the Black Hills mountains. As the snake didn’t use its rattle to warn of an attack, they were caught completely off guard.