Pit bulls often seem to get a bad rap in this country, as many Americans claim that they can be volatile and dangerous animals. Now, however, a story is going viral on Facebook that shows the other side of pit bulls that we don’t often get to see.

A social media user took to the Love What Matters Facebook page recently to reveal what happened when his brother recently took his pet pit bull for a walk around the neighborhood. What happened during that walk has the pit bull widely being hailed as a hero!

Here’s what he had to say:

“My brother was walking his pit bull lab mix, Hurley, in our neighborhood field around 10 pm. He walks him this late so he can let him off his leash so he can do what he loves to do, explore all the different smells. They heard a young kid scream and before my brother knew it, Hurley took off after the scream. With my brother close behind, he saw Hurley grab a copper head snake away from the little boy and fling it around, later found out he had killed it. The little boy ran to his mothers vehicle and drove off so fast that my brother was unable to find out any information on the little boy. (We are assuming because they left so fast that he was bitten and being rushed to the ER) My brother then went on to call animal control and the Highland Village Cops showed up to check out the scene. They asked to take a look at Hurley to see if he was bitten. To my brothers surprise, he was bleeding, had a swollen neck and foaming from his mouth. Sure enough, they found two puncture wounds in his upper lip. Shelby rushed Hurley to Denton Animal Emergency Hospital where he stayed the night so they could check his blood clotting ability multiple times through out the night. Shelby and Hurley both got home this morning. Thank God, Hurley is doing a lot better this morning, just seems a little uncomfortable with his swollen face and neck.”

“It was later discovered the little boy had come across a copper head nest and hopefully Hurley prevented him from getting bitten, or at least getting bitten multiple times. We are still trying to find out who the little boy is and make sure he is okay. Here’s our hero pit bull. I’d like for his story to get around for those who judge his breed.”

How sweet is that?! Instead of harming the boy, as many people would wrongfully assume he would, the pit bull ended up saving him! It’s important that we spread this story as much as possible to show people that pit bulls really aren’t so dangerous after all.

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