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On the other hand there are also plenty of stories about dogs and cats saving kids too.

One of my earliest memories is from being out back and seeing something interesting that I wanted to go pick up and play with, and our dog (a little wirehaired terrier) getting between me and it and forcing me back despite my attempts to get around him to get to the interesting thing, while barking his head off until my mom came out to see what was going on.

The interesting thing was a large rattlesnake.