North Carolina - When Rebekah Horner from North Carolina heard her guard dogs barking like crazy, she thought they were fighting with the neighbor's pup again. The real reason that the doggos sounded the alarm had her and TikTok laughing out loud!

Horner's dogs Ghost, Riley, and Muffin are trained to protect the family's cattle herd, so when they sound the alarm she always comes running.

Luckily, she caught the dog's latest alert on camera and shared it to TikTok. Muffin, who's still in training, was yapping and came to get Horner for help.

The hysterical viral TikTok shows Ghost and Riley barking wildly at something on the ground near the property fence.

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When Horner got closer, she quickly realized what her dogs were freaking out about and started laughing.

The dogs were upset about a snapping turtle!

In the caption, the farmer wrote, "In their defense, snapping turtles are very scary."

Over one and a half million TikTokers have seen the video of the guard dogs overreacting over a turtle!

One commenter joked, "They were right to alert you to the presence of the tactical attack rock."

Another quipped, "In their defense, that is a dinosaur."

"At first I was relieved it wasn't something worse," Horner told Newsweek.

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"But then I just thought it was so funny they were going crazy over a snapping turtle."

She added, "I was proud of them for doing their jobs!"

Snapping turtles are harmless unless provoked. If you upset one of these critters, they'll bite or snap.

Horner's husband reportedly diffused the situation and kept the dogs safe by moving the turtle to the pound.