Talking of pets has anyone any rescue stories?

I rescued a cat from certain death last month. I was walking down to the post with an armful of heavy parcels . On the way this huge irish wolfhound shot past me his teeth inches from this cats rear end.

The cat shot into some bushes in front of me momentarily and re-emerging charging straight for me as fast as his little legs would carry him.
What could I do I could barely see above the parcels and this dog was as big as a horse! It was curtains for ***** for sure so I threw myself down on the dog with both knees hitting him in the chest. He squealed like a stuck pig but got up and leapt off after the cat.The cat just got to a tree inches before the dog's snapping jaws

Just then the dogs owner appeared and I was very apologetic I felt awful about his dog which I noticed had a cut above his eye. But I didn't tell him what I had done. The dog was real friendly and let me pet him. he obviously thought that a 17 stone touch down on top of him was normal behaviour!