A hero dog managed to save its elderly owner after a vicious kangaroo pounced on her in a prolonged attack that saw the brute beast try to drown her faithful hound.
Good boy Bundy leapt into action after Pam Baldwin, 71, was booted in the stomach and suffered a slash to the arm when the aggressive animal attacked her from behind.
The Rottweiler initially chased the kangaroo away before it turned its sights on him, starting an attack that would continue for the best part of an hour.
Pam, who was walking the pooch at Nail Can Hill in Albury, Western Australia, at the time said the roo tried to drown Bundy in a nearby dam.
The pair were finally saved from the beast after paramedics - who had been notified by nearby walkers - turned up at the bloody scene.
Speaking to Neil Mitchell's 3AW radio show, Pam explained how she was attacked from behind by the creature - which is known for its aggressiveness.
She said: "I just got this feeling someone was behind me and I turned around and went 'oh...' and he [the kangaroo] was just looking me in the face, and next minute he went bang.
"I gave him a few choice words and then I hit the ground.
"I don't know if I blacked out or he knocked me out but I remember Bundy coming and jumping over the top of me and chasing the kangaroo away.
"He was protecting me. He chased it away.
"Bundy fought the kangaroo for about 45 minutes. He wouldn't let the kangaroo come near me."
Witnesses said the kangaroo stood at least six feet (1.8m) tall.
Pam was left knocked to the ground and required stitches in her left arm. She was told Bundy was just 20 seconds from death when they were saved.
She said the aggressive encounter may have been due to kangaroo mating season, but it wasn't the first time she had encountered a furious roo.
She added: "I had an encounter with another roo a couple of times last year and he used to hide in the grass and you'd be walking along and the bloody thing would jump up at you."
