Dante Rowley and his fiancée were boarding a plane when the Ring camera alert arrived on their phone.
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alert → board → phone
A stranger was breaking into their home in Sherman Heights, climbing through a ladder to their second-story window near 20th and J streets.
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stranger → break → streets
The Southern California couple watched it happen live through their security camera, helpless at 30,000 feet, as their worst nightmare started playing out on a screen.
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nightmare → watch → screen
Then things got weird.
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things → get → ?
Nash, their 4-year-old golden retriever, had one job that afternoon: sound the alarm and be the guard dog.
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Nash → have → alarm
But he had other plans.
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he → have → plans
He treated the intruder like a long-lost friend, and the only thing the 90-pound golden dog wanted to do was play, ABC News reported.
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News → treat → friend
Intruder breaks in and gets cosy
The video shows an intruder hopping into the compound, then using a ladder to break into the second-story window.
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intruder → break → window
The man didn't exactly skulk around.
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man → skulk → ?
He removed his shoes and shirt, settled onto a bench in the foyer, and raided the refrigerator for yoghurt, turkey and cheese.
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He → remove → yoghurt
Then he took a nap.
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he → take → nap
For roughly 30 minutes, he made himself completely at home.
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himself → make → home
Then Nash showed up.
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Nash → show → ?
The security footage shows Nash approaching the stranger, each time with a toy clenched in his mouth.
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Nash → show → mouth
The golden didn't even let out a warning bark.
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golden → let → bark
All the ‘guard dog’ did was offer toys and wag his tail.
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dog → do → tail
The intruder, to his credit, seemed bemused by the gesture.
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intruder → seem → gesture
But Nash wasn't trying to be funny.
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Nash → try → ?
He was genuinely convinced he'd met his new best friend.
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he → meet → friend
Then the cops showed up
When police finally arrived, Nash's hospitality didn't waver.
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hospitality → show → ?
Officers found him at the door, tail wagging, toy still in his mouth, ready to extend the same warm welcome to anyone in uniform.
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tail → find → uniform
The burglar, on the other hand, made a run for it.
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burglar → make → it
He attempted an escape through a bathroom window, only to find officers waiting in the backyard.
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officers → attempt → backyard
He was arrested without much fuss.
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He → arrest → fuss
The suspect faced burglary charges, along with other outstanding warrants from unrelated incidents, according to NBC7.
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suspect → face → NBC7
But Rowley surprised many with his response.
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Rowley → surprise → response
Rather than dwell on the violation or anger, he expressed hope the man would get help.
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man → dwell → help
“We just hope he gets some help, honestly,” he told the outlet.
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he → hope → outlet
Nash wasn't alone when the stranger climbed through the window.
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stranger → climb → window
One of the family's three dogs simply walked out through the doggy door and disappeared.
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One → walk → door
Nash stayed put, apparently convinced he'd found his new best friend.
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he → stay → friend
Dante Rowley, the homeowner, wasn't mad at his furry babies for not confronting the intruder.
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Rowley → confront → intruder
“The dogs, we just wanted to make sure they were safe.
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they → want → ?
We thought he was going to bark at people and he did the exact opposite,” Rowley told NBC7.
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Rowley → think → NBC7
Well, you see, this is not Nash's fault either.
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this → see → ?
Golden retrievers aren't really known for their confrontation capabilities.
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retrievers → know → capabilities
They are great at retrieving game, swimming in cold water and living alongside humans in trusting harmony.
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They → retrieve → harmony
Nash did exactly what his breed knows how to do.
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breed → do → what
His actual calling was something different: bring joy to whoever walks through the door.
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whoever → bring → door
So on that afternoon, when a stranger was raiding the refrigerator and a family was watching in real time from thousands of miles away, Nash did what he was supposed to do.
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he → raid → what
…and 14 more, not listed.
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