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A dog named Manchis witnessed someone throw a lit explosive into the yard of her owner's home

The Cocker Spaniel mix responded by jumping and pawing at the dynamite, and by allegedly putting the fuse in her mouth

Manchis' family says the dog's quick thinking extinguished the dynamite and saved her household, which includes 10 people and three other dogs

A heroic dog is being praised for her quick instincts, which likely saved the lives of her family.

Security camera footage captured August 24 around 1 a.m. local time shows a hooded individual approaching the home of Peruvian journalist Carlos Alberto Mesias Zarate and throwing an explosive —later determined to be the dynamite used in landmines, according to NBC News — in the house's yard.

According to Storyful, the home,

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