........I was in the garden relaxing and doing some reading while my beagle was going around the yard, chasing birds and sniffing out who-knows-what as she usually does. She was 7 years old then and in all seven years I had not seen a shred of aggression in her over anything. She had the typical beagle personality - always curious, never rough, affectionate, fun-loving.Suddenly, I heard her barking frantically. I looked up to see if there was anyone at the gate or anyone in our yard. Everything seemed normal so I told her to "quiet". She refused to listen.Then I looked at the ground and realised that there was a cobra snake slithering through the grass towards me. I live right next to a reservoir nature reserve so it must have somehow got to my house. Obviously, I panicked...but my dog, barely 15 inches tall, ran towards it and bit it right behind the head. HARD. She eventually killed it, but was bitten in the process, and had to spend nights at the vet on an IV drip because of the poison._________________________________