Schneider
German Shepherd
Inducted August 1987
Owned by Helen and Preston Perry
Nominated by Drs. Steve Daniels and Dan Nowland
Preston and Helen Perry and a ranch hand were checking cattle on their Rockdale ranch in April 1987. Mr. Perry stepped out of his pickup truck and found an angry rattlesnake at his feet.
Schneider, a 14-year-old German shepherd, jumped from the truck and in front of the snake. The dog was struck once on the nose, but shielded Mr. Perry long enough for a ranch hand to kill the five-foot rattlesnake.
Mrs. Perry says that the snake probably would have killed her husband, a retired rancher, if not for the dog. Schneider survived the attack and was hospitalized for just five days.
