Pick on someone your own size! Setter is nearly killed as wild stallion turns on it after being pestered to play by mischievous mutt 

  • Maggie the English Setter was out on a falcon hunt with her owner, Rob Palmer
  • They came upon a herd of wild stallion and one of them began to chase Maggie
  • Two-year-old dog barely escaped with her life avoiding the stallion's hooves
  • Palmer, a wildlife photographer, captured the heart-stopping moment 

By Mary Kekatos For Mailonline

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Think you've had a ruff day? This poor pooch narrowly escaped death after being chased by a wild stallion.

It was a close call for Maggie, an English Setter, who was set upon by the angry horse.

The two-year-old pet looked petrified as it ran towards the safety of owner and wildlife photographer, Rob Palmer, 63, who impressively captured the heart-stopping moment.

An English Setter narrowly escaped death as she was able to outrun a wild stallion

An English Settler narrowly escaped death as she was able to outrun a wild stallion

Her owner, a wildlife photographer, managed to capture the heart stopping images 

Her owner, a wildlife photographer, managed to capture the heart stopping images 

Maggie was out on a falcon hunt with her owner Robert Hunter when they came upon the herd of stallions

Maggie was out on a falcon hunt with her owner Robert Hunter when they came upon the herd of stallions

Maggie was out with Mr Palmer on a falcon hunt for sage-grouse in Wyoming's Red Desert when they stumbled across the herd.

Thankfully Maggie was unharmed.

Mr Palmer said: 'I was really scared for my dog as there was nothing I could do to help.

The wild stallion very nearly trampled little Maggie as she is seen just barely avoiding its hooves

The wild stallion very nearly trampled little Maggie as she is seen just barely avoiding its hooves

Her owner, Mr Palmer, said: 'I was really scared for my dog as there was nothing I could do to help'

Her owner, Mr Palmer, said: 'I was really scared for my dog as there was nothing I could do to help'

The stallion gets close enough to nearly take bite out of the English Setter's tail

The stallion gets close enough to nearly take bite out of the English Setter's tail

Mr Palmer said: 'I would have been crushed if she would have gotten killed, she's a wonderful dog'

Mr Palmer said: 'I would have been crushed if she would have gotten killed, she's a wonderful dog'

'So I took the photos anyway as it's a reflex action after so many years of photography.

'I was extremely relieved that Maggie didn't get hurt.

'I would have been crushed if she would have gotten killed, she's a wonderful dog.

'I'm always photographing wildlife events, this was not planned at all but sometimes you take what you can get. 

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