Chihuahuas save 3-year-old girl from mountain lion

A game warden shoots and kills a mountain lion, after it came dangerously close to a Southern California family.

But it's what happened before officers got to the home that has people talking.

Most mornings, 3-year-old Mackenzie Spray carries her favorite Chihuahua around like a baby or in her handbag. But on Saturday, all three of the family's dogs, Lena, Abby and Gita "hounded" the family to be let outside.

Luckily, little Mackenzie stayed a few steps behind. The Chihuahuas, as it turns out, were trying to tell the family a predator was lurking inside the garage.

"The mountain lion was standing like five feet in front of the window," said Mackenzie's mother, Analee Spray.



Spray pulled her daughter to safety and grabbed her video camera. She recorded several minutes of the angry big cat.

All three Chihuahuas continued their relentless yipping without backing down to the 100-pound mountain lion.

"It's really upset, it was scared," remembered Spray.

At one point the hissing lion came eye-to-eye with Spray as she continued to record the Chihuahua versus cat standoff.

Spray managed to call 911, still in shock the three little dogs, which weigh only three pounds each, would defend the family with so much vigor.

"It's just insane. Then, they began barking at the cops," Spray said.

In the end, it was Gita, the longer-haired Chihuahua that went toe-to-toe with the mountain lion, refusing to the let the cornered cat anywhere near little Mackenzie.

Police said they were stunned to find the mountain lion being held at bay by three tiny dogs.

Source : ksby.com