JENNIFER JONES’ daughter was walking the family dog before school in suburban Atlanta, the United States, on Thursday morning when a strange man allegedly got out of a white pickup truck and grabbed the little girl’s wrist. That’s when, police say, the tiny rat terrier mix sprang into action.

    “The victim’s dog bit at his ankle causing him to release her,” Cobb County Police sergeant Dana Pierce said. “It was at that moment that the victim was able to get away from him.”

    Despite being understandably shaken by the encounter, the girl was able to describe the man who tried to abduct her to a Georgia Bureau of Investigations forensic artist, who made a sketch.

    Police are still on the lookout for the suspected would-be abductor, but thanks to the dog, Jones’ daughter is safe at home.

    (SD-Agencies)