Posted on 06/10/2025 6:11:30 AM PDT by V_TWIN
A family dog named Zeus summoned the strength of his namesake and managed to escape the literal jaws of death when an alligator dragged him from his backyard into a nearby pond, the dog’s owners said.
“The vet told us the gator had just missed his jugular — it looked like Zeus’ entire head had been in the gator’s mouth. The fact that he made it out alive is nothing short of a miracle,” the family wrote in a GoFundMe post.
Even the vet said, “‘I don’t know how he survived,’” the family added.
Zeus, a German shepherd, heard a noise on the night of June 2 and scooted through his doggy door out of his home in Wesley Chapel, Fla., to investigate, the family said.
In an instant, an alligator came crashing through their backyard fence, snatched Zeus and dragged him to a pond, they said.
The alligator that attacked Zeus has managed to elude trappers on the hunt for him.
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This one was not so good
Alligator drags 85-year-old to death in Florida retirement community’s lake. Family sues>
Depends on how you look at it.
Along with Florida’s other hazards, I see alligators not as a problem but as a deterant to northern interlopers. 😏
It's good that there are no nuisance gators at FR.
What about native Floridians who want to come back? I’m not a Northern interloper.
Well, I know of one....................
Come on back.
Top tip: NE Florida is relatively safe from hurricanes......alligators however....are a different story. 🙂
Love this story with a happy ending!
Can only imagine what the vet bill was...
/snicker
“Can only imagine what the vet bill was”
We once dropped $4k to save one of our kitty cats and never blinked an eye.
For us with pet children, money usually doesn’t enter into the equation.
Yes.
I dropped $8k on my 10-year old shih-tzu who finally had to be euthanized - I’d gladly do it again.
Dropped another $8k on my rescue bull dog - who was apparently a lot older than what the shelter told me - I’d also do it again.
Pets are companions, family members, never complain, glad to see us when we get home. They helped me through unbelievable grief when my mother and husband died within months of each other - I don’t think I would have made it without them.
Two words “unconditional love”.....rarely provided by two legged animals.....people could learn a lot them.
LOL. We think about it a lot since the rest of my siblings/nieces/nephews/cousins/everyone’s kids are still there.
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