You wish your cat was this BA

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**LordofHats**

Warning. The video can be a little intense when the dog attacks the boy;

A boy and his mother were in their front yard, playing and watering the plants. The neighbor's dog was let out of its backyard enclosure, seemingly by accident. The dog spotted the boy from across the yard and stalked up behind him. The boy never saw the attack coming. The dog clamped on to his leg and began dragging the boy. That's when the family's cat took action.

The boy apparently needed some stitches but the injury is not too bad. The dog is currently in the custody of Animal control who have said that continued aggressive behavior has lead to this attack and the animal is likely to be put down.

**Grey Templar**

Cats > Dogs

**LordofHats**

A quick update to the story;

BAKERSFIELD - A cat came to her best friend's rescue Tuesday when a young boy was attacked by a dog in his driveway in Southwest Bakersfield and it was all caught on video.

The surveillance video shows the boy, 4-year-old Jeremy, playing on his bicycle. He was coming home from school when he wanted to fly a kite. Jeremy has mild autism.

The neighbor's dog, an 8-month-old labrador/chow mix, sneaks up behind him and bites his leg.

The family's cat, named Tara, rushed the attacking dog and chased it away.

"Tara is my hero," Jeremy said.

Erica Triantafilo, Jeremy's mother, was nearby watering a tree when she heard his screams.

"I didn't really even realize what had happened until after when my husband showed me the surveillance video," Erika said.

Erica told 23ABC the boy needed a few stitches, but he is doing fine. Erica said it could have been much worse.

"I've never seen a cat do that," said Roger Triantafilo, Jeremy's father. "Especially ours. It just shows how much she really has a family-oriented mind set."

Tara became a part of the Triantafilo family in 2008. She loves to be pet and comes when called.

She also said the dog belonged to a neighbor and is now under voluntary observation at Bakersfield Animal Care Center.

Sgt. Joe Grubbs, Bakersfield Police spokesman, said the dog will be quarantined for 10 days then euthanized.

The neighbor was pulling their vehicle out of their gated driveway when the dog escaped.

The neighbor called 911 on behalf of the boy and his mother.

**Frazzled**

Grey Templar wrote:
Cats > Dogs

Team Wienie asserts you are a blasphemer and a heretic and will pay when Dachhundskrieg comes.
However they have inducted this cat into the wiener legions. Clearly it is a reincarnated dog.

Rodney is officially on record as saving his previous family from a rattler and doing a drive by on a snake that came at me, TBone, and Genghis Connie.
George the Mighty (the world's greatest pit bull) Stopped a charging rottweiler coming at me, bowled it over, and kicked its ass until it ran off cowering before his might.

For the record TBone stepped on a bug once, just to watch it die. Then he ate it and barked his TBone bark of triumph. All hail TBone, proving you can make Saint Francis's arm tired by forcing him to throw the ball 23,257 times straight in heaven. Hail TBone!

**Grey Templar**

The Dachshundskreig will face the wrath of the glorious Feline Empire. Our hairballs will rain down as gooey death! Litter launchers will fling our waste in your general direction, and you will be powerless to not sniff it!

You will find your treats laced with chocolate and your humans stroking our ninja kitten spies and watching youtube videos of our glorious feline antics!

As in ancient Egypt, we shall again be worshipped as the gods we are!

**Nostromodamus**

Cat is now working as an "operator" in the 'stan...

**Grey Templar**

In former Soviet Republic, Cat pet you!

**Nostromodamus**

That cat will pet you.

To death.

With a tire iron.

**SlaveToDorkness**

My cat chases dogs out of our yard fairly often. Good going cat!

That dog needs to be put the feth DOWN!

**hotsauceman1**

I remember when, on my cousins farm a wolf attacked one off her kids in the barn, next thing the pig they where raising for food burst through the door of his pen and bum rushed the wolf.

**Medium of Death**

I'm not sure why that dog wasn't instantly put down after that incident.

@hotsauce: Did they eat the pig after that?

**Nostromodamus**

Medium of Death wrote:
I'm not sure why that dog wasn't instantly put down after that incident

California has tight gun control measures.

In a free state, that dog would have been shot within the minute.

**kronk**

Medium of Death wrote:
I'm not sure why that dog wasn't instantly put down after that incident.

The article said it was under observation for 10 days before being terminated.

That is to say, they're making sure it doesn't have rabies or some other disease for the child's sake before they kill it.

However, I agree that a dog that goes after a child like that is a menace that should be put down.

Sgt. Joe Grubbs, Bakersfield Police spokesman, said the dog will be quarantined for 10 days then euthanized.

**Jihadin**

I watched one of my fellow NCO get attacked by a feral chicken in the Box. I never laughed so hard on a deployment

**hotsauceman1**

Medium of Death wrote:
I'm not sure why that dog wasn't instantly put down after that incident.

@hotsauce: Did they eat the pig after that?

Yes. Yes they did.

**LordofHats**

Heroism is the best way to tenderize the flesh

**whembly**

Hmmm... this kid needs to be monitored.

Dogs can sense evil...

I wonder if that cat his that kid's familiar?

**Grey Templar**

hotsauceman1 wrote:
I remember when, on my cousins farm a wolf attacked one off her kids in the barn, next thing the pig they where raising for food burst through the door of his pen and bum rushed the wolf.

Don't mess with pigs man, they'll freaking EAT you!

**LordofHats**

whembly wrote:
Hmmm... this kid needs to be monitored.

Dogs can sense evil...

I wonder if that cat his that kid's familiar?

I prefer to thinkk of it as a pokemon battle;

A wild Houndoom appeared! It used Bite!

Meowth used Body Slam! It was super effective!

**hotsauceman1**

What if the dog was just attacking the kids cancer?

**Jihadin**

Mild touch of autism I believe I heard

**Doctadeth**

I can actually believe that. My cat went after an aggressive dog that tried to come at me once, chased it off and didn't even get bit once.

Cats aren't yes-men, but they do protect.

**LordofHats**

Doctadeth wrote:
I can actually believe that. My cat went after an aggressive dog that tried to come at me once, chased it off and didn't even get bit once.

Cats aren't yes-men, but they do protect.

Cat mentality 101; You don't feed me. I allow you to serve me. Now comb the fur on the top of my head human peasant

**Frazzled**

Jihadin wrote:
I watched one of my fellow NCO get attacked by a feral chicken in the Box. I never laughed so hard on a deployment

He got clucked?

**Overlord Thraka**

Yay kittie! I despise dogs as I was chased by one when I was 7 (very friendly Saint Bernard, got over excited by a bunch of kids)
And I've hated them ever since. We had a Lab for a couple years and I hated that thing too. However we have 6 cats and I like most of them. 1 is a bully towards the other cats and really need s to be given away.

**hotsauceman1**

LordofHats wrote:
Heroism is the best way to tenderize the flesh

The biggest Irony? The meat was the most foulest food ever. The Sausage was not prepared right, The Ham was to dry. We said the pig must be cursed.

**Co'tor Shas**

Most people seem to think about dogs chasing cats, but I only ever see it the other way around. I have a dogs, and she is way below them on the chain. There are 3 huge rottweilers on my street that are scared of my cats as well.

**hotsauceman1**

Cats fight dirty. Dogs go for the neck. Cats go the the dogs "Special Place" My cat used to do that to my dog.

**Co'tor Shas**

My cats try to do that to me.

**Blood Hawk**

Yea cats can be badass. The family cat that my parents got around the time I was born was fine hunter. She killed rabbits, and other animals bigger than her. She would kill whole families of rabbits and then leave the decapitated corpses on the lawn as offerings.

The part that always impressed me about this though was she had been declawed as a kitten. Did all of that with no claws.