An incredibly courageous hound took up the defense of his master in surveillance video that shows the crime-fighting pooch scaring off a potential robber. “Thor” the dog god of lightning, chased off the man who tried to rob his best buddy Justin Ireland at Holly’s Gas Station in Saco, Maine.
Ireland works the afternoon and evening shift at Holly’s Gas Station in Saco. He was there Monday afternoon when a man tried to rob the store. Ireland says, “Guy walked up to the door, asked if he could use my phone. I never let anyone in the building. So I said no, I don’t have a phone you can use.”
Ireland says that’s when the man pulled the gun out, shoved him, and told him to give him the money. He says “As soon as he pushed me, that’s when Thor jumped up at him.” Thor is Justin’s three year old Pit Bull-Boxer mix, who literally sprung into action.
Ireland says “As soon as the guy laid a hand on me and I started yelling, that’s when he went right after him.” The attempted robbery was caught on hidden surveillance video. Saco Deputy Police Chief Jeffrey Holland has seen the video, but not released it yet.
Deputy Chief Holland says “The dog jumped up and nipped at his hand initially. And then it appears in the video that he bit him on both sides of his face. He’s never done anything like that before.” Ireland says he has never trained Thor. He says this was pure instinct.
He told us “As soon as the dog went after him, they guy took off quicker than anything.”
