Dogs have such great protective instincts. They have a way of sensing when a human is in danger, and they won’t hesitate to intervene to save the day.
That was the case for one loyal German shepherd who helped his owner during an unsettling encounter with a “strange man” who was following her.
Lorraine Scott, a 40-year-old woman from Wirral, England, was taking her German shepherd Toby for a run on the beach early one morning, according to the Liverpool Echo.
But their morning run took an unsettling turn. Arriving at the beach, she realized she was alone except for a “strange man” who got out of his car and started coming towards her.
She recalls the man was scanning the area while making his way towards her, and she became “spooked.”
“I started to get really panicky and I just froze,” she told the Liverpool Echo. “I couldn’t really do anything, I just froze.”
The man started getting close — but thankfully, Lorraine had her loyal dog with her. Toby, sensing his owner’s fear and sensing that the man could be a threat, started madly barking at the strange man.
It worked: the dog’s barking scared the potential attacker away. “Straight away the man jumped and ran straight back into his car and drove away very quickly.”