Dramatic footage has emerged of a modern-day Lassie saving its owners’ six-year-old son from being attacked by a neighbour’s dog charging straight toward him.
Videos viewed nearly 45 million times on TikTok show a German shepherd named Tank initially playing with his young pal in front of their Florida home, the New York Post reports.
Suddenly, a dark dog races toward them from the top right of the screen — with Tank instantly snapping into defence mode.
As the charging would-be attacker nears, Tank moves the boy out of the way and confronts the other dog.
Tank snaps at the aggressive animal, and follows him until he is at a safe distance — even turning back to make sure the young boy he saved is out of harm’s way.
“THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND,” she wrote, quipping that the playful footage showed a “highly skilled professional home security officer.”
“This is Tank and no, he is not professionally trained. He’s just a man with killer instincts, who loves a good chew toy,” she wrote.
She then shared footage of her other dog who also charged in to help, saying that “every superhero needs a sidekick.”
