Rusty’s Rendezvous with Mr. Cobra

Rusty’s Rendezvous with Mr. Cobra


Rusty was always a bounding dog, full of energy!
He was always on the move during his youth. Always searching for interesting activity. He used to keep himself busy with something or other. His favorite pastime was investigating the area near our home.

We were posted in a small-town, nestled amongst great mountains of Himalayas. We were living in a beautiful colony surrounded by old trees. Once upon a time, this area was a part of a rich forest. Despite the area being developed, the flora and fauna was preserved to some extent. So, it was good area for new investigations by a prying dog.

Hmmm! Now what will this detective dog do?

He loved to go snooping. One fine day we were relaxing on a Sunday morning when we heard lots of familiar barking.
We went out rushing to explore the reason for his angry barks.

Lo! What we saw was surprising!

This little dog went for his snooping spree and found a BIG COBRA!

What he decided really took us aback!

He decided to fight with this adult cobra!!!

His motto-----“Go Away Or I Kill You!”

Cobra’s determination------“I won’t! I will fight and stay!
This is my home for years!”

Rusty---- “Ok! Let’s see who wins!”

Then the combat started! One with heavy strong barks with muscular and alert built and other with slithery strong physique, armed with poisonous venom!

Who will WIN!!!!!

Combat field was in my neighbor’s home with lovely garden. The garden was full of beautiful flowers and green grass. The house was under a big teak tree. A pond full of Lotus gave it a delightful appearance.
Cobra was jumping angrily and spitting venom!
Rusty was barking and attacking the snake with alert attacks! Lots of skilful attacks and deep angry bark affected the snake. He was tired and scared. Mr. Cobra was on his tail many times to attack Rusty but was not successful.

We were mute spectators for if we moved towards Rusty, Rusty used to change his course of action. We avoided any movement but were watchful due to his dangerous position.

It was a matter of life and death!
This fight went on for nearly 2 hours. Both the strong fighters were tired! Rusty’s mouth was full of froth. But this brave fellow refused to budge!
Then, for a while Rusty kept quiet responding to our calls. He stopped for a moment.
Mr. Cobra got his life saving moment!

He ran away in the thickness of the bushes.

By Jove! That was close one!

Rusty was shocked to see his prey disappearing. But we caught him before he went for another encounter. We were relieved to get him back unscathed. We hugged him and gave him lots of water and special treats.
That was really a good encounter, which revealed Rusty’s brave attribute.