Mijo and Winston have quite the bond .

What are protagonist for ? In this case , to preserve us when we ’re trapped in the jaw of a heap lion .

Yup , that ’s the story of Winston , a badger dog , and his practiced bud Mijo the Chiweenie ( aChihuahua - dachshund commixture ) . Mijo narrowly break loose the big computed tomography thanks to his BFF , but he lost his good eye in the unconscious process .

The duet were visiting family in Evergreen , Colo. , on Nov. 7 when the two dogs slide through an open door , 9 News in Denverreports .

That ’s when the young passel Panthera leo pounce , maybe 4 foot from the menage , writes Winston ’s mom , Sarah Moore , on Mijo’sGoFundMe varlet . The mountain Leo the Lion seized the 6 - pound Mijo in its mouth . image his best supporter in danger , heroic Winston started barking and ran at the mountain lion , who thankfully expend Mijo and escaped .

“ [ A ] 20 - quid dog with the courage of a 200 - British pound dog , ” Mijo ’s owner Lindsay Golden tell 9 News of Winston . In the news video , Winston sit in Moore ’s lap covering next to Golden . “ He ’s a Heron . Are n’t you , Winnie ? ”

After the frightful encounter , Golden quickly scooped up her spite dog and rushed him to the emergency vet . The mountain Leo had snatched up the 15 - year - onetime rescue firedog by his head , leaving lacerations on his scalp and neck and stimulate his good eye to number of its socket , Moore writes .

The vet surgically removed Mijo ’s eye and closed his wounds .

“ It is an absolute miracle that this little guy cable is still alive , ” Moore writes . “ There is no reasonableness one insect bite from a mountain Leo should n’t have bolt down him . He could have well been carried off , he could have well support a crack back , cervix , or a fractured skull . There is no reason that a hotdog frump could have chase[d ] off a mountain king of beasts in the middle of an attack . Yet , here he is . ”

While the puppy survived the attack in sentence to get to the veterinary , slight Mijo is not out of the woods yet . A capture sent him back to the veterinary on Friday , and his owners worry that he may have nourish a traumatic learning ability injury , Moore writes . He ’s walking in circles and needs help getting to his food for thought and H2O . A visit to a veterinary neurologist is potential .

“ We are overwhelmed with gratitude for the love and reinforcement we have received from friends and family , ” Moore indite . “ This could be a long route to recovery , but we have no question that her little man will live . ”

The little doggie may have a retentive road of recuperation ahead of him , depending on the consequence of tests conducted by the veterinary brain doctor . you may keep tabs on Mijo ’s progress through hisGoFundMefor update . Until then , we ’ll be rooting for him to make a full recovery thanks to his pal Winston .