--- title: Cat Saves Small Boy From Dog [VIDEO] description: The title of man's best friend might be in contention canonical: https://time.com/99301/cat-saves-boy-from-attacking-dog-video/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-14T16:15:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:40.419Z og:title: Watch a Pet Cat Heroically Save a Little Boy og:description: Cats: Maybe they don't hate you after all og:url: https://time.com/99301/cat-saves-boy-from-attacking-dog-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Pet Cat Heroically Save a Little Boy twitter:description: Cats: Maybe they don't hate you after all twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Pet Cat Heroically Saves Boy From Attacking Dog And Proceeds To Chase Mutt Down by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler May 14, 2014 4:15 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler May 14, 2014 4:15 PM UTC Warning: the above video shows mild gore around the 45 second mark. The title of man’s best friend might be in contention. A pet cat came to her small human boy’s rescue when a neighborhood dog began attacking the child out of nowhere. Not only did Tara the cat hurl itself at the dog, but she chased him down the street. “Thankfully my son is fine!” Roger Triantafilo said in the description of the surveillance video footage he posted on YouTube. The boy’s mother told the Bakersfield, Calif. [ABC affiliate that her son needed stitches](http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/amazing-video-cat-saves-boy-from-dog-attack-in-southwest-bakersfield-051414), but is overall a-okay. The dog is currently under observation — probably plotting his evil revenge. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/99301/cat-saves-boy-from-attacking-dog-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/99301/cat-saves-boy-from-attacking-dog-video/"},"headline":"Pet Cat Heroically Saves Boy From Attacking Dog And Proceeds To Chase Mutt Down","datePublished":"2014-05-14T16:15:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:40.419Z","description":"Cats: Maybe they don't hate you after all","url":"https://time.com/99301/cat-saves-boy-from-attacking-dog-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","YouTube","video","cat","Dog","chase"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/99301/cat-saves-boy-from-attacking-dog-video/","name":"Pet Cat Heroically Saves Boy From Attacking Dog And Proceeds To Chase Mutt Down"}}]}] ```