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Family dog saves kids from deadly snake

28/Jan/2010

By Kerri-Ann Hobbs, News.com.au

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ZENA the staffordshire terrier is being hailed a hero after saving her three young owners from a lethal tiger snake.

Staffordshire terrier Zena defended her owners, the Schultz children, Brendan, 7, Jared, 6, and Sarah, 3 - when the snake tried to slide through an open screen door into the playroom where the youngsters were eating their dinner about 6.30pm on Tuesday, The Geelong Advertiser reported.

Zena stopped the snake but was then vulnerable to its deadly bite. However as the siblings cried for help to save their dog she snapped the snake's spine, preventing it from striking.

"It was terrifying," mother Patricia said.

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