An elderly rescue dog risks her life to save her people from a bear

Shelby is a 13-year-old shepherd and retriever mix living with Louise Robillard and Andy Chyc, who adopted Shelby to help protect their 35-acre property in Ontario’s Sault Saint-Marie from small predators like foxes and coyotes.

In 2018, Shelby took on a much bigger adversary in the form of an angry momma bear. Robillard had been walking Shelby along a trail when she spotted three black bear cubs. Apparently, the momma bear believed Robillard posed a threat to her cubs and came charging at her.

Shelby literally fought the bear off. She came through seriously injured but alive and after four months of treatment, is healthy once again.