Rex didn’t have the easiest start to his life. In fact, he was a vicious dog that you wouldn’t want to meet on the streets. But after a while, he was rescued by a loving owner named Ed Gernon.
How quickly did the dog turn around its attitude? The pup rescued a dying baby hummingbird.
The bird had fallen from a nest as a baby and was covered with ants when Rex found her under a tree. Ed thought the bird was dead but Rex refused to leave her side.
The Whittier, California man finally realized the hummingbird was still breathing, took her in, and nursed it back to health with a sugar syrup mixture.
Ed named the bird Hummer and thought her to fly using a hair dryer.
The rescue occurred more than a year ago but now Hummer refuses to leave Rex’s side.
Birds are known for often developing a strong bond to their rescuers.
The bird lives in the house and Gernon, who created a YouTube page devoted to the bird’s exploits with Rex.
It’s time for Hummer to mate but even with windows and doors left open, the hummingbird remains in the home.
“It’s like living with Tinkerbell,” Gernon told KCBS News. “It was this little creature. This fragile creature that the whole world wanted to kill and he was trying to protect her so I thought I’d go the distance.”
WATCH the video below from KCBS News.
