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Laura Polson AAP
May 10, 2018
Pet dog Shelby is being hailed a hero for protecting her owner from a venomous snake.
A pitbull cross is being hailed a hero for pushing her owner out of the way of a deadly Eastern brown snake in far north Queensland.
Teena Williams, 69, was cutting down bananas at her Millstream property, near Ravenshoe, when her pet dog Shelby stopped the potential attack by the venomous snake on Anzac Day.
"She was determined to virtually barrel mum to the side. She saved mum's life," Ms Williams' daughter Tanya Lee told AAP.
"I work in a triple zero call centre and we get snake calls all of the time. If the snake had bit mum she might not have survived."
Ms Lee said Shelby, who is never far from Ms Williams' feet, is now what her mum calls 'her little lifesaver'.
But after Shelby saved Ms Williams' life the fight was on to save hers when they realised she had been bitten by the snake.
"She was salivating and getting weaker," Ms Lee said.
Being a public holiday, the family had to drive 50km to the nearest vet.
"Everything was just distressing," she said.
The vet bill came to $1400, a price Ms Lee says was worth it.
"The vet told us she was very lucky to be alive," she said.
May 10, 2018
Pet dog Shelby is being hailed a hero for protecting her owner from a venomous snake.
A pitbull cross is being hailed a hero for pushing her owner out of the way of a deadly Eastern brown snake in far north Queensland.
Teena Williams, 69, was cutting down bananas at her Millstream property, near Ravenshoe, when her pet dog Shelby stopped the potential attack by the venomous snake on Anzac Day.
"She was determined to virtually barrel mum to the side. She saved mum's life," Ms Williams' daughter Tanya Lee told AAP.
"I work in a triple zero call centre and we get snake calls all of the time. If the snake had bit mum she might not have survived."
Ms Lee said Shelby, who is never far from Ms Williams' feet, is now what her mum calls 'her little lifesaver'.
But after Shelby saved Ms Williams' life the fight was on to save hers when they realised she had been bitten by the snake.
"She was salivating and getting weaker," Ms Lee said.
Being a public holiday, the family had to drive 50km to the nearest vet.
"Everything was just distressing," she said.
The vet bill came to $1400, a price Ms Lee says was worth it.
"The vet told us she was very lucky to be alive," she said.