Caring canine steps in after venomous pit viper appears in garden, owner drives for hours to get hands on snakebite medicine

A pet dog in China almost sacrificed its own life after it was bitten by a viper while saving its owner.

The owner, Meng, and her family moved to a village in northern China’s Hebei province in June.

They made the move so that her two pet Shiba Inu dogs, two-year-old Hetao and one-year-old Duoduo, had more space to play.

On the morning of August 29, Meng heard Duoduo barking in the front garden.