Sievert's Kota
Submitted by Chuck Sievert
Cox's Creek, Kentucky
Fourbeatgt@aol.com

This is a short story of how loyal a German Shepherd is. In 1998, my wife was in the barn which is about 150 feet from our house. She was feeding the horses and taking care of the other animals when she noticed a strange dog next door, barking and growling. Now, Kota is one of our German Shepherd dogs. He is now a 4yr. old male, that has never showed the smallest bit of aggression towards anything. My wife kept telling me that he would not protect anything, he was too nice! Since we live in the country on a farm, we get some pretty nasty visitors, of the four legged type, and our nice little German Shepherd lets pretty much anything go. But that morning things changed, and changed in a hurry. Our 2 year old son was riding a scooter in the driveway. My wife looked out the barn and saw this strange dog making a bee-line towards our son. The dog was in full stride, growling, going after little Austin. My wife knew she could not reach him in time, and the only thing she could think of was to get to Kota's kennel and let him out. About 5 feet from Austin, Kota intercepted this wild beast of a dog and took care of business. This just goes to show you, even the nicest of dogs can and will protect their family members. We thank Kota, for the results could have been devastating.