Missing 5-year-old boy with Down syndrome found with his loyal dog keeping him safe

“The dog was following basically everywhere I went. It wasn’t barking, it wasn’t intimidated,” Salas added, saying that when he put the boy in the car the dog “jumped inside the driver’s seat with him.”

Soon, the officers received another call and discovered that the boy was a missing child named Jose. The boy’s mother, Jasmine Martinez, told Click 2 Houston that she and her 5-year-old son had started taking a nap, and when she woke up she realized Jose had wandered off.

Thankfully, everything worked out okay: the boy had no injuries other than some minor scrapes. The family is grateful, but not surprised, that their loyal dog stepped up to protect Jose when he was in danger.