A pet Chihuahua is enjoying a host of praises from everyone after his recent heroic deed. Tiny Zoey risked its own life by saving a baby from a rattlesnake, which tried to attack the kid.

Acting like a real bulldog, five-pound Zoey barked as ferociously as she could and stood in the snake's path and was herself bitten. The child Booker West was splashing his hands in a birdbath in his grandparents' northern Colorado back yard when the incident took place.

According to AP reports, the child escaped unharmed and Zoey survived after being rushed to a veterinarian. Booker's grandma Denise Long says that these "little bitty dogs" are considered naive and don't always get the credit for the unexpected acts of bravery.