Chihuahuas might as well be the spokes-dogs for the saying, “Bark is worse than its bite.”
If a chihuahua ever found out how small they actually are, they probably wouldn’t be as brave in situations like this. But that’s the thing… these little yappy dogs usually never get put in their place. That leads to small dogs like chihuahuas having an unmatched and often annoying level of confidence in the face of danger.
And it’s not just chihuahuas. We’ve seen wiener dogs stand up to wild animals to protect their owner, even when they are incredibly outmatched on paper. It seems like these little puppers are just built different, and to be honest with you, I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.
All I do know is that it’s a good thing there was a fence between this feisty chihuahua and the charging moose in this video. The little dog’s barking must have gotten on the nerves of the nearby moose to the point where the wild animal was ready to stomp out the tiny noisemaker.
But luckily, as the moose charged at the small dog, it stopped before it hit a fence that was keeping the chihuahua at bay. There’s a chance that the presence of the fencing made the lap dog act tougher, though something tells me that this chihuahua would have put up a decent fight regardless of if the fence was there or not.
Check it out:
That’s one tough yappy dog.
I love that just as quickly as the two animals faced off, they also decided to mutually call it a day. As soon as the moose lost interest, the chihuahua also turned around and walked away from the confrontation. I guess neither of them really wanted the smoke?
Social media users laughed at the interaction, and most of them were “Team Chihuahua,” thinking that the little dog won the fight before it even got started:
“That moose is lucky his ankles didn’t get tore up.”
“Little guy has it in him to go toe to toe!”
“My chihuahua does this, but he’s also afraid of my vacuum.”
“That moose was lucky there’s a fence keeping the chihuahua in.”
“There is a reason why God made these menaces small.”
Turns out mama moose had a calf nearby, and that was the reason for her aggression:
