This dog always sleeps next to Tommy, his best friend, and playmate. The dog was allowed to do whatever he wanted as long as he didn’t wake Tommy up.

But a few weeks later, they had the scare of their lives when his mother tried to wake her son…

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Jennifer, 28, and Adam, 32, let their son sleep with his best friend every night: Their faithful friend named Rex.

Rex had always been such a gentle and kind dog to their son that they couldn’t expect him to do anything to their son, Little did they know that Rex had a very specific reason for sleeping with little Tommy every night…

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It all started when Tommy was born. Tommy’s parents were thrilled to bring their son home from the hospital and introduce him to their loyal dog, Rex was very happy and licked their baby’s entire face. Tommy also seemed to really enjoy his time with Rex.

But one day, when Rex started scratching at Tommy’s bedroom door, the family realized something very strange…
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Rex looked panicked as he sat outside Tommy’s room and started scratching at the door. When Adam opened the door and let Rex in, he headed straight for Tommy’s bed, Adam and Jennifer thought this was cute and thought it was fine for them to sleep together as long as Rex didn’t wake Tommy up.

Rex, on the other hand, continued his strange behavior. Every night he sat outside Tommy’s room and scratched at the door.

What exactly was the problem?

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The family looked around their son’s room in amazement. Why would Rex want to sleep on their son’s bed every night? They started to search their son’s room but found nothing. When they started to stop the search, they shrugged their shoulders,

“Maybe it’s because this is Rex’s favorite place,” they thought. However, the truth didn’t really matter. When they opened the door to their son’s room the next day, they were terrified…
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They had been outside all day and everyone was tired. Jennifer brought her son to the second floor of their house with her remaining energy.

Rex jumped onto the bed with the little boy and Jennifer hugged and kissed them both on their foreheads. She sighed and went down the stairs, Feeling tired, she laid down on the sofa next to her husband, wanting to rest. But this moment didn’t last long…

Before they could say what happened, they woke up to the sound of loud barking coming from their son’s room…

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Jennifer and Adam were shocked. They then ran up the stairs to the top floor, It was unusual for Rex to bark for no reason, especially when Tommy was sleeping. If he was acting like that, there must be something going on.

Pushing the door handle of the room, they quickly opened Tommy’s room and went inside…

Jennifer and Adam looked around in shock. Everything looked a mess, the whole room seemed flattened due to the amount of damage. In the midst of this chaos, their son was crying on the bed.

Rex jumped up from the bed and looked at his owners curiously. Instead of appreciating Rex for being alert, they scolded him.

As far as they could see, only Rex and Tommy were in the room. There was no trace of whatever or whoever had caused this mess.

One of the outside windows was open…

Over the next few nights, things improved. Jennifer and Adam had forgiven their loyal friend Rex and Rex and Tommy were sleeping together again in the same bed.

But one day, when Jennifer went to her son’s room to wake him up she heard sounds coming from the room.
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Broken glass, barking, crying, and more. Shocked, Jennifer rushed to her son’s room.

This is the perfect time to catch the bad guy…

Heart racing, she grabbed the doorknob and opened it hurriedly. As she entered her son’s room, she saw Rex barking loudly at something hiding under the closet.

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She pulled Rex away from the closet so she could see the frightened figure hiding.

But the dog still wanted to catch the monster hiding under the cupboard.

Then, Jennifer saw a pair of bright shining eyes looking at her under the cupboard…
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Jennifer cried out in fear when she saw that pair of eyes looking at her. Then she understood. What animal has that kind of gaze?

She turned on the light and knelt down again. With a sigh of relief, she was able to persuade Rex to leave the room and pull the hiding figure out from under the cupboard.

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As it turned out, the monster Rex was trying to fight to protect Jennifer, and Adam’s son was just a cat looking for a warm place to sleep.

Jennifer laughed and rubbed Rex’s head and told him “GOOD BOY REX!!”.