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Videos: Small But Mighty French Bulldog Vanquishes Three Bears
If you didn't think tiny widdle baby French bulldogs could exactly protect you from danger, think again. Surveillance footage captured on Friday afternoon shows two bears scoping out the driveway of a house in Monrovia before being apprehended by a fierce munchkin of a creature—a 20 pound French bulldog named Jules, reports CBS L.A. According to Jules' owner, David Hernandez, there was even a *third* momma bear, but it was out of frame.
"She wasn’t having it, you’re not coming in to her property," Hernandez said. Damn straight.
On the right side of the screen, we see two bears enter, more or less quietly casing the joint. But at the 30 second mark, Jules comes bounding out; it's almost as if she's herding them like sheep...but sheep she wants to kill? Jules chases the bears—estimated to be about a year old and 100 pounds each—who escape to safety; one of them is seen hopping over the fence like a naughty teen attempting to outrun a security guard.
A second video shows Jules cornering a bear (not sure which one's which, to be honest), in another part of the house, who knocks into a porch swing before scampering away:
"She blew me away, couldn’t believe that she turned into a Wolverine,” Hernandez told CBS L.A. Great job defending the honor of you and your family, Jules.
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