This story made me laugh only because it ended without anyone getting killed.

I can only imagine what the drunk guy did or said to keep the dog quiet while he snuggled up with it and passed out...

Man Sleeps In 120 Pound Mastiff's Bed In Wrong House

Some scary moments for Waukesha roommates who live on Cardinal Drive.

They woke up this New Year’s Day to find a drunk intruder sleeping in their dog’s bed. That dog, is a 120 pound Mastiff named Benton. Since he's so large, he sleeps in a twin-sized matress.

Resident Lynn Sarver said she and her roommate fell asleep New Year's Eve watching TV on the couch.

"My alarm went off at 5:15 in the morning, and I woke up and saw someone laying in the dog’s bed with him," said Sarver.

"I couldn’t see his face. I could only see the top of his head," she said.

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The couch is just feet away from where Benton sleeps. Sarver said Benton was laying on top of the man, who had his shoes placed by the bed and his money, wallet and eye glasses scattered on and near the matress.

"I was a little disoriented to see that because he kind of looked like maybe he was my son, but my son was out of town," she said.

"We went into the kitchen, she grabbed a knife and we called 911," she continued. The women waited for police who came and woke the man up. He ended up being a 24-year-old who lives two doors down from Sarver.

The man declined an on-camera interview, but told TODAY'S TMJ4 he was drinking on New Year's Eve at a Waukesha bar and doesn’t remember anything that happened after midnight. He said someone dropped him off.

Sarver said he likely got into her home through the front door. "To be honest, I don’t know if my door was locked or not," she said. Fortunately for the man, Benton is an easy going dog. Sarver said she isn't questioning his skills as a guard dog. "Because these dogs are known to let somebody in the house and not let them out," she explained.

The man has apologized a number of times to Lynn Sarver. She isn’t pressing charges.

Police told her she's lucky no one was hurt.

"It just happened that he was a very nice young kid who made a huge mistake, but they said yeah this could have been a lot worse."

She said she will be making sure to lock her doors every night.

Worst guard dog is the Basenji. It is barkless. The comedy writer, Jack Douglas, once said that he bought one, thinking it would be a good guard dog and got robbed twice, before he discovered the problem. Eventually, he bought a German Shepherd. The Basenji stayed up all night, while the Shepherd slept. If anything suspicious happened, the Basenji would poke the Shepherd in the ribs, causing it to wake up and bark.

Wow. I hope neither of them winds up pregnant!

"Because these dogs are known to let somebody in the house and not let them out,"

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Originally posted by r0gue:
"Because these dogs are known to let somebody in the house and not let them out,"

I had a mutt that would do that. Let anybody IN the house then if he didn't know them, nip at their ankles if they tried to leave. Had to physically restrain him to let them out.

Kid is lucky, Boerboel can be very intimidating. They were bred as guard dogs..I had a Cane Corso and GSD and never had a solicitor come within 15 feet of my door after ringing the doorbell.

I have had English Mastiffs and they are the best guard dogs because they can judge people and tell who means no harm.

My two labs will bark at any car going back the lane, or any animal near the property, but if a burglar would break into the house, they'd probably help him carry stuff out.

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Originally posted by pony220:
I have had English Mastiffs and they are the best guard dogs because they can judge people and tell who means no harm.

I was gonna post along these lines. I'm not a dog owner, but figured the dog didn't sense any threat at all from the drunk 24yo guy. He's probably pretty nice and wouldn't hurt a fly, just opened the wrong door and hey, pooch probably doesn't get much snuggle time.

It's all on the owners for leaving the door unlocked.

My late liberal friend's house was broken into late at night while he & wife were there. Their two Blue Heelers were asleep at the foot of their bed, which is just off the den. Took his computer, key ring. Tried to get the TV off the wall. Stole one of the cars. Dogs never woke up.

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Originally posted by cne32507:
My late liberal friend's house was broken into late at night while he & wife were there. Their two Blue Heelers were asleep at the foot of their bed, which is just off the den. Took his computer, key ring. Tried to get the TV off the wall. Stole one of the cars. Dogs never woke up.

Thieves didn't take any cattle, did they?

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Originally posted by senza nome:

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Originally posted by cne32507:
My late liberal friend's house was broken into late at night while he & wife were there. Their two Blue Heelers were asleep at the foot of their bed, which is just off the den. Took his computer, key ring. Tried to get the TV off the wall. Stole one of the cars. Dogs never woke up.

Thieves didn't take any cattle, did they?

Maybe it was cattle that broke in. I just learned BEVO knows how to intimidate dogs.