Man Fends Off Cougar Attack On His Pet Dog

If anyone should be considered for “Pet Owner of the Year” it should be Will Gibb. Mr Gibb deserves the award after managing to save his dog named Sasha by fighting off multiple attacks from a cougar. Yes, you heard that correctly! He single-handedly managed to ward off a cougar in attack mode. Mr Gibb rather innocently allowed his two husky’s Sasha and Mongo off his truck and into a Tim Horton’s parking lot where he was meeting his friend. A cougar suddenly appeared and attacked Sasha and Mr Gibb heard his cries and ran to investigate.

“I saw something wrapped around her so I ran up and punched it in the side of the head. at that point I realised it was a cougar.” Gibb said, in an interview.

Punching a cougar

He then punched the cougar on its head to save Sasha. If the story ended there it would still be incredible but that is only half the tale. After punching the cougar Mr Gibb tried to shoo the big cat back into the woods following which he turned his back to tend to his dog who naturally was quite rattled from the attack and ended up biting him. The cougar then reappeared and began its attack on Sasha again.

“[Sasha] was fighting for her life, and I was trying to keep the cougar at bay with my right, and it was pawing at me and I was throwing punches at it.”

To summarise, on boxing day there was a man in a Tim Horton’s parking lot with a dog latched on to his right hand trying to fend off a cougar attack with his left hand. The story continues with Sasha running off at which point the cougar turned its attention to Mr Gibb second dog Mongo who was also in the parking lot.

“I could see the cougar going for him, so I got between him and the cougar and started swinging and screaming at it, and called for my brother and friend to come give a hand,” Gibb said. “And then I reached down for the closest, biggest stick that I could find and I ran back into the trees to go fight the cougar.”

All’s well that ends well

After managing to fend off three attacks from a big cat, the animal made a retreat back into the woods. Mr Gibb rushed his dog to a vet who treated her for bite wounds and cuts but is otherwise unharmed and recovering well. Mr Gibb had some cuts on his arms. The cougar was found by police in the woods and put down.