Mount Pleasant man saves dog from coyote attack

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – The bond between people and their pets is unbreakable. One man living in Mount Pleasant even risked his life to save his small pup from a coyote attack.

Timothy Snipe had let his dog, Roxie, outside for a bathroom break when he saw a coyote come out of the woods and come after the small dog.

“She started barking and I was like what is she barking at,” Snipe recalled.

In the woods, Roxie could see what Snipe couldn’t in that moment, a coyote ready to attack.

“Instead of running towards me she ran towards the coyote,” said Snipe.

However, it didn’t take long before Snipe jumped into action. His heroic efforts were caught on Ring camera.

“The coyote jumped on me and bit me on my leg, and I wrestled it down, I choked him out,” he said.

Snipe got control of the coyote, picked him up by the tail, and put him in a nearby dumpster until he could get help.

Snipe said he that knew Roxie would not have made without his help.

“I knew I could’ve been alright, even if I would’ve gotten bit and gotten rabies or something, but if she had gotten bit, it was over,” Snipe said.

Snipe went to the doctor and got nine rabies shots.

He says he feels good and will now keep a coyote-proof vest on Roxie whenever she goes outside.

Snipe says if he had to, he would do it all over again to keep Roxie safe, “Once you get a pet they’re automatically a part of the family and this is my girl, this is our girl.”