In true Florida fashion, a woman rescued her small dog from an approaching bear by lobbing a bag of cookies as a tasty distraction. Florida woman uses bag of cookies to save dog from bear attack—because sometimes, snack food is more effective than pepper spray in the Sunshine State.

Proving that Florida woman ingenuity knows no bounds, this bear-and-cookies incident may go down in local legend. Not only did the Florida woman outsmart a bear and save her beloved dog, but she also redefined bruin diplomacy—one cookie toss at a time.