Beautiful Love Connection! Foster mother is saved by a brave pit bull from a snake.

 Nellie has never been described as brave before. Up until a few weeks ago, the most common adjectives used to describe the homeless pit bull were fearful, protective, shy, or careful.

But everything changed when 5-year-old Nellie managed to put herself between her foster mother, Jane Taylor, and a rattlesnake while hiking in a Texas state park.

When Nellie was a year old, rescuers from the Last Frontier Rescue Project, a small volunteer-based organization in Texas, took her from a California shelter. Until meeting Taylor six months ago, she spent years hopping from kennel to kennel after that.

Nellie came to me a little bit overweight, which made her really cute, according to Taylor, who spoke to The Dodo. She was known as our little potato bag. We began running together after realizing it wasn't how she actually looked, and today she weighs 45 pounds.

When Nellie first arrived at her temporary abode, she was terrified of loud noises, unfamiliar people, and strange animals. She hated being touched by outsiders and jealously guarded her toys. Nonetheless, Nellie began to adapt to her new life thanks to the influence of her foster mother.

Later, Nellie showed how far she had come on a sunny March day.

"We ascended this enormous rock dome on foot. On our route from the walk back to the car, we passed through an area that isn't usually traveled "said Taylor.

Taylor went on, "She came from behind me and jumped onto the snake before I could even move or turn around. Taylor went on, "It almost seemed as like Nellie was on it when she said, "I got this one, Mom," when she arrived. Carry on.

Not long after the argument started, Nellie was bit on the face. A hiking partner dragged the writhing snake away from the injured dog while covering it with his jacket.

Nellie wouldn't move or walk, so Taylor and her companion picked up the dog and carried it down the mountain.

Taylor remembered that "her mouth was wide, her head was flung back, and her eyes were closed" as we put her in the car. She wasn't "a-wooing" in pain, but it was still obvious that she was unhappy.

"I knew I had to get her to the vet as soon as I could," Taylor continued.

Nellie received two vials of antivenom along with treatments for the bite wound and was then put on bed rest. And thanks to everyone's rapid reactions, the brave dog is recuperating quickly.

She's such a resilient puppy, Taylor said. Two days later, "she was chasing squirrels again."

Now that Nellie is on the path to recovery, she is finally ready to move on and find a forever home.

Taylor will soon move to Hawaii to take care of her aging parents, and Nellie needs a more regulated atmosphere to be comfortable.

According to Taylor, she has been decompressing and is now recognizing how much fun life can be. She simply loses her mind anytime we have visitors over. When the dogs show up there, she starts to realize that it's playing. She has so many toys that she is no longer so possessive.

Nellie's bravery will always be admired by Taylor, and she is aware that Nellie has a bright future if only someone would give her a chance.

Taylor said, "Everyone thinks Nellie was standing up for you. And she very well may have, given that she is quite aware of anything or anyone she doesn't like while she is out on a stroll.

She went on to say, "It's very nice to think that she would do that for me.