A little dog became one family’s hero when she woke them up during a robbery. She also took a kick to the stomach so she could grab one of the gunmen by the leg. Though one person was shot, the family made it to safety because of their brave little Molly.

All was quiet in the Rustenburg, South Africa home until Molly began barking ferociously around 1 am. Zach Scheepers awoke to see a man standing in his bedroom doorway with a flashlight and 9mm gun pointed at him. The man turned off the flashlight and kicked Molly.

“Thula wena (keep quiet),” he snapped at her.

The long-haired Chihuahua then bit at the man’s pant leg as he tried to kick her away. He tried to free himself from her grasp, and shot at the couple. Zach’s wife Brigette suffered a through-and-through shot in the thigh.

While Molly was trying to fend off the assassin, Zach had a brief moment to grab his own 9mm for his nightstand and fire back. The man fled, but continued to shoot at them. Four other intruders bombarded the house with a hail of gunfire.

Zach rushed to get his children, Zané and Johan, to safety. He escorted them back to the master bedroom, where they called police and friends and family. The property alarm sounded as the attackers launched themselves over the fence.

Zach was astounded that his little dog, who was known for “always running away,” had so bravely faced their assailants.

“I would not be here,” he told Netwerk24. “She’ll be getting big steaks tonight, if only the power would come on.”

The robbers got away with the family’s car keys, house keys, a laptop, a purse, and a cell phone. Brigette was taken to the hospital for treatment and has since returned home. The Scheepers are just glad that there were no lives lost.

“If it was not for that dog, I may possibly not be here today,” Zach said.

15-Year-Old, 3-Legged Pit Bull Saves Family from Armed Intruder

Mr.Dog — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 23:10:36 +0000

A small, 15-year-old dog missing a leg might not seem like much of a threat to most people, but this one showed that anyone threatening his family better think again. Last week, Levi took a bullet for his family and saved them from a man who had entered their home and attempted to rob them.

“Levi is our hero,” Darcy Cherry explained to the Janesville Gazette.

Levi, a smiley sweetheart, is small for a pit bull. But he has a big heart, and will defend his family to the death.

On January 19th, Darcy and her longtime boyfriend, Bob Stenzel, had forgotten to lock the back door of their Wisconsin home. Around 6:15 PM, a masked man dressed in black barged in and ordered the couple to the floor.

“I prayed. I prayed to God for us all to be well,” Darcy said.

“Where’s the safe? Where’s the money?” the gunman repeatedly demanded.

But they told him there was no money or safe. Darcy told the Gazette that they’re simple working people: she’s a property manager for a landlord, and Bob is a handyman. She said the fact that the man remained so calm was chilling.

“Where’s the weed?” he then asked.

Darcy told him they didn’t have any of that, either. At that moment, Levi, who had been in the dining room with them, stood up and began growling at the burglar. Though he’s usually friendly with strangers, he doesn’t like violence and reacts defensively at the sight of toy guns.

“He said, ‘Call of your dog. I’ll shoot. I’ll shoot,” Darcy noted.

She could hear in his voice that Levi was distressing him. She and Bob called Levi to them, but he refused to listen. The man fired at him and fled.

The bullet grazed the top of his head and became lodged in the thick skin of his neck. Bob called 911, and police and Emergency Veterinary Service arrived quickly.

“They were so wonderful to Levi,” Darcy recalled.

She says they’ve had him since he was a puppy. Friends found him abandoned in an apartment building. Bob called and said, “Hey, I’m bringing home a pit bull!”

“No, you’re not,” Darcy told him, but the little guy quickly stole her heart. It seems that everyone who meets him falls in love, and friends and family members often ask to take care of him.

A drain tube has been inserted in Levi’s skin to prevent an infection from developing.

But Levi’s life has been full of nerve-wracking events. About five years ago, he was dognapped in the middle of the day. Thankfully a neighbor saw him being enticed into a van, and took down the license plate number. Police found it and saved him that same day.

Then in June of 2014, the family was walking along the trails above the Devil’s Staircase in Riverside Park when Levi toppled over the side of a cliff. Darcy firmly believes that Levi falling prevented her sons from inadvertently taking the same spill, so he has saved her family once before.

That horrific incident shattered the bones in his right front leg, causing amputation to be necessary. But he’s a true survivor, and clearly loves his family.

Darcy is still incredibly shaken by the ordeal, and worries about the possibility of seeing him when she is outside of her home.

“It’s exhausting, having to live a normal life again… This guy knows who I am.”

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