While dogs are definitely man’s best friend, Todd the Golden Retriever is also this woman’s hero.

Paula Godwin had been out for a morning hike with her two dogs near her home in Anthem, Arizona earlier this week when she says she almost stepped on a rattlesnake.

Luckily for her, Todd was ready to protect his beloved human.

“My hero of a puppy Todd saved me,” Godwin wrote in a Facebook post. “He jumped right in front of my leg where I surely would have gotten bit.”

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