A loyal dog jumped into action to save his owner’s life during a violent encounter in New Hampshire earlier this week.

An 86-year-old man is recovering at the hospital after police say his neighbor attacked him outside of his Manchester home, threatening to kill him. Family members say his life was saved by the actions of his dog.

“He was throwing patio furniture, hitting with chairs, bricks, and rocks,” Brittney Ardizzoni, the victim’s great-nice said.

Police said Donald Pierce, 55, surprised and then assaulted Ned Tarmey early Sunday morning when Tarmey let his dog out the back door of his house on Pine Avenue.

“There was man standing there and basically just said he was there to kill him,” Ardizzoni said.

Tarmey’s family said as Pierce attacked Tarmey the family dog, Kane, pounced on him, holding Pierce down until police got to the scene.

He had no clothes on, so I’m guessing that whatever Kane did was, you know, probably not comfortable,” Ardizzoni said.

  • Flying Squid
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    7328 days ago

    Well now these two stories have canceled each other out and we’re back to square one.

    • @Mandarbmax
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      3928 days ago

      The conclusion is that dogs are good and naked people are complex and nuanced and varied, just like clothed people.

      • Flying Squid
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        I will have you know that both of my dogs are very naughty and I tell them that regularly. Usually right before giving them treats or rubbing their bellies.

        I also let them know that they don’t deserve it because of how naughty they are.

      • @Cocodapuf
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        227 days ago

        But what do we know about nude dogs?

    • mad_asshatter
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      828 days ago

      We still need a story about 1 naked hero vs 2 naked perps.

    • Riskable
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      628 days ago

      There’s good stories about dogs every day and they’re pretty much always naked.

    • @Lemming6969
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      227 days ago

      Next story is the same dog attacking a child.

  • @[email protected]
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    2128 days ago

    What breed was the dog? From the thumbnail it looks like a pit bull mix. I can’t help but notice that when there’s a negative story about a dog, and it’s a pitbull/mix, the media is quick to mention the breed, but when it’s a positive story, the breed is omitted.

  • @Agent641
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    628 days ago

    “Chopper - sicc balls”

  • @Etterra
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    328 days ago

    I can’t wait for the update that tells us what drugs the naked man was on. Or off, depending on what exactly is wrong with him.

  • @LesserAbe
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    228 days ago

    When I just visited that link it didn’t say anything about the dog holding him down, but it did say the dog was injured :(

  • @[email protected]
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    28 days ago

    Naked all of Monday, naked all year long

    Naked is never right, naked is always wrong

    So get the hell away from me

    You god damn naked man

    Go the fuck away from me

    Back to naked land