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Caring Dog Covers Sleeping Baby With Blanket to Keep Child Warm

Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 8:21 PM by Stefan Mack Kelly Lippke

- A little dog has been filmed trying to tuck a baby in with its mouth to keep the kid warm

- While many adored the pet for doing much, others said it could be dangerous to the newborn

- There were also tweeps who shared similar experiences, saying dogs love covering things with clothes

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A viral video has shown just how caring dogs could be as a pet. In the clip, a dog is seen ensuring that a sleeping baby is properly covered.

To makes sure the kid was well tucked in, the dog pushed the blanket over the baby's body till it saw its work was done.

Emotional moment dogs cover baby with blanket to keep child from cold, video goes viral — The video of the dog has been watched more than three million times. Photo source: @TheFlyAuntie
Source: UGC

The owner of the dog labelled the short cute video with:

"Walked in to see our dog tucking in our daughter."

The video has been seen by millions of people on Twitter. Many social media users said that the act shows how dogs could go out of their way for humans.

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As at the time of writing this report, the video has gathered over 152,000 likes with thousands of quoted replies.

Briefly News compiled some of the reactions below:

@ValliRA1111 said:

"Whatta GREST GENTLE CARING DOG YOURS IS! I LOVE IT! Im a trainer but you didn't teach him to do that did you? Its just your loving friend doing the right thing...precious!"

@LifeofKan said:

"Omg, I can't even imagine accepting the reality that a dog like this would pass on soon. This is too beautiful."

@gizmocha said:

"My dog does the same thing except she's usually trying to hide a bone or a toy! Good pick-me-up for any day!"

@petperks said:

"All dogs do this...they hide their food so they can eat it later. He’s burying his “food” for later, when he’s more hungry."

Meanwhile, Briefly News earlier reported that while cats and dogs are not always the best of friends and often stay away from each other, seeing a puppy trying to cause a fight between two feline animals is one amazing sight to behold.