Pets are family and as most of us feel towards family, we would do anything for them.
With that in mind, what would you do to save your pet?
Youโd probably do whatever it takes.
I know that I would.
Our pets are an extension of our family and most of us would go to great lengths to ensure their safety.
Thatโs exactly what 15-year-old Cecilia Celis did when a hawk tried to fly away with her little Yorkie.
Caught on the familyโs security system, a hawk can be seen holding LuLu the Yorkie down on the cement in their Las Vegas home.
The poor dog is trying to break free from the hawkโs grasp but itโs no use.
The hawkโs grip is just too strong.
Heidi, LuLuโs Yorkie sister, watches and barks in fear, helpless during the attack.
The hawk tries once to get airborne but LuLu struggles frantically on the ground, keeping the bird from flying away.
Luluโs only hope is for one of her family members to come outside and save her from the giant bird.
Luckily, Luluโs owner Cecilia is home and hears the struggle going on outside.
She runs to the back door and throws it open.
She sees her poor dog clenched in the talons of a giant hawk.
Her first instinct is to run towards the bird and try to shew it away, screaming to let her poor pup go.
Cecilia told ABC News, โAnd I was yelling at it, โGet off my dog, get off my dog!'โ
The bird isnโt too intimidated by Cecilia, however, and drags the dog further away from the girl.
The dog is still struggling and fighting, making it hard for the bird to fly away with her.
Cecilia realizes that her time is running out and that she needs to do something quickly if she is going to save LuLu.
So she grabs the closest thing to her, which happens to be an outdoor-chair cushion, and starts swinging it at the hawk.
She connects and after just a few blows, the hawk has had enough.
It drops the little Yorkie and flys away.
But the poor dog wasnโt out of the woods yet.
The hawkโs talons had ripped a pretty good-sized hole in the dogโs neck.
Cecilia rushed little LuLu to the vet, hoping that they would be able to help her.
Luckily, when she got to vetโs office, they informed her that she had reached LuLu in time and that the dog would be okay.
Cecilia was grateful to have saved her dog but she says that sheโll keep a much closer eye on her dogs when they are outside from now on.
Unfortunately, this kind of thing isnโt too rare for small dogs.
In my home town, we have a big problem, not with hawks, but with coyotes.
Iโve had my own dog snatched up by a pack of coyotes and know many other people whose dogs have suffered the same fate.
Unfortunately, I wasnโt there to help save my dogโeven though I wish I was.
Thatโs why this video is so great to see.
Cecilia acted fast and was able to save her dogโsomething that most of us donโt even get the opportunity to do.
Let this serve as an important reminder to be vigilant of our small pets when they are outside alone.
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