A toddler from Phoenix is making headlines for a masterful, midnight escape. Chloe Cardinal may be just 15 months old, but — along with the help of her family's two golden retrievers, Bleu and Colby — she managed to completely stump her parents and spring herself loose from her bedroom.
Last week, her parents Chris and Nina Cardinal heard their daughter stirring over the baby monitor.
When they got up, they saw their little one up and standing outside of her bedroom — even though she isn't tall enough to reach the doorknob and open it. "We were shocked! How was she able to get out of bed?" Chris told ABC News. "This is the first time she's ever made an escape like this. Did she grow?"
Considering that her door was closed at night and yet they woke up to her wondering the hallway, these parents were seriously confused.
So, the Cardinals checked their baby monitor to see what in the world could have transpired while they were fast asleep.
Luckily, their Nest baby cam was rolling and captured the mystery unfold.
That's when they discovered that their two adorable, Instagram-famous pups were responsible for breaking Chloe free.
In the Nest footage, the Cardinals saw Colby and Bleu use their noses to open the child's bedroom door, then jump into bed with Chloe to play. Once they got Chloe awake, the pups ran in and out of the room, snatching her stuffed toy, and encouraging her to follow them. Likely because as the Cardinals later explained to ABC News, the toddler has been treating her pups to extra food at times!
Here's Chloe in action with her partners in crime.
Now, the Cardinals say they'll have to come up with a new plan for keeping Chloe in bed at night.
Chris joked that securing their daughter's bedroom door obviously requires more than existing baby-proofing. They clearly need to dog-proof it too!
