<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An eight-year-old labrador is being hailed a hero after scaring off a group of would-be home invaders from his family's home. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Footage from security cameras shows Romeo sending four intruders scrambling in Truganina in Melbourne's west.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They are seen sprinting back through the side gate, laughing as they jump over the fence.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/dr-elise-turner-claims-she-was-asked-to-leave-virgin-airport-lounge-melbourne-for-pumping-breastmillk/82385555-7b25-4d25-a883-364bd353a0d6" target="_blank"><strong><span>Airline says sorry to 'furious' mum for booting her out of Aussie lounge</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Owner Neha Mahajan said they were proud of their dog.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We felt so proud of Romeo, because if it wasn't for him, we don't know what would've happened," Mahajan said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The hero pooch jumped into action from the back patio as the Verma family watched the cricket upstairs.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/dog-hailed-a-hero-after-scaring-off-intruders-from-melbourne-home/3e167478-8021-4a3c-9cf4-16b6ce613926" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The masked offenders rolled up to the home at around 3:40am.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They fled empty-handed but 9News understands just minutes later they stole two cars from a property down the road.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/riverstone-gas-leak-sydney-death-police/5abf28d3-cf8a-46e9-a303-e93870eb0017" target="_blank"><strong><span>One dead, cops injured after gas leak at Sydney restaurant</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Alerted by the barking, the family reviewed the footage and fears that the group was armed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I saw something hanging around his hip or his waist. Could have been a knife or machete, I don't know if they would have attacked anybody," Majahan said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Romeo is getting lots of extra attention for his crime-fighting skills, and the Verma family are also making sure to reward him with all his favourite treats.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He's our hero now," Majahan said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> </span><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/dreamworld-development-application-for-expanded-precinct-covers-koala-habitat-jarrod-bleijie-queensland-news/cae8a296-b2f6-4add-b461-f3f940825e9d"><strong><span>Koala habitat to be removed under proposed Dreamworld expansion plans</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div>