This is sorta off Dachshund topic, but it brings back some nightmares I had while we were considering relocating to Florida a few years back.  I had an insane fear of one of my Dachshunds being eaten by an alligator.

This nightmare came true for Greg Lenoir who saved his Rat Terrier from a shark attack.  He letting his dog swim in a lagoon where a 5 ft shark viciously grabbed the dog and took it under water.  Greg dove head first with his fists balled and slammed into the shark.

He said it felt like “punching concrete,” but the shark let go off his dog and both swam back to shore while the shark went off in the other direction.  He rushed his dog to the vet to take care of some serious bite wounds.  Greg’s dog survived the shark attack and he will always be a hero to me and the Three Dachshunds.