On the morning news today I heard a story about a brave dog, a labrador/retriever names, coincidentally, Angel, who saved her young master, a boy of about 11, from a cougar attack. The boy was chopping firewood outside his home in the country, I forgot what state it was in, I think it was either Virginia or Kentucky, or maybe Maryland, and there were woods behind his house. A cougar came out of the woods and was getting ready to attack, when the dog, Angel, got between the boy and the cougar do defend him and the cougar attacked the dog instead THe boy was close to the house, he ran inside and grabbed the phone to call 911. Fortunately, a mounted police officer was nearby and he heard the screams and came to help, he shot the cougar. Angel was rushed to the emergency vet's office and though she is wounded bad they put her in surgery and from what I heard I think she will make it. Let's pray for this brave canine hero who put her life at risk to save her human masters, that is the quality I love about dogs, the loyalty and bonding they have with their owners.