Small dogs chase off bear that broke into California house while owner napped

Man’s best friend is not a bear’s best friend.

Typically, people probably don’t adopt terriers to act as guard dogs. That didn’t stop two terriers from protecting their California home from an unexpected intruder: a brown bear. Deedee Mueller was taking a nap on Sunday when one of her dogs suddenly ran out of the room and started barking, the Sacramento Bee reports. The woman’s other dog, also a terrier, quickly followed after the first, also barking.