Boy survives 14 hours in bitter Tennessee cold by cuddling with dog

7-year-old Dominic Jeffries went missing for more than 14 hours after getting lost while walking his dog tells how he survived the cold, damp night with his dog.

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Dominic Jeffries recalls how his dog Coco may have saved his life from the bitter cold.

Loving his dog saved his life.

A 7-year-old boy survived for 14 hours in the bitter Tennessee cold last week by cuddling with his black Shih Tzu.

Litle Dominic Jeffries had accidentally slipped into some bushes behind a retainer wall while walking Coco near his home in Cordova, Tenn. Despite being so close to home, Dominic was not discovered for 14 hours.

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Robbyne Manning, Dominic's legal guardian and a former contestant on 'America's Next Top Model,' was amazed by the boy's survival skills.

“I heard them calling my name. I was scared to come out,” Dominic told WREG.

“He said he heard us and saw the blue lights and thought he was in trouble,” his legal guardian Robbyne Manning, a former contestant on "America's Next Top Model," told ABCNews.com. “When he used to be with his parents, blue lights mean you’re in trouble.”

Dominic kept Coco close to him to keep himself warm. When the boy noticed his dog was cold, he returned the favor, taking off his jacket to keep Coco from freezing. Eventually, he let Coco off the leash so that she would go home and get help.

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Dominic let his dog off the leash late in their ordeal. He was rescued after the sun came up.

After the sun came up, a cop spotted Dominic.

“I don’t know where this kid gets his survival skills from but it’s just amazing,” Manning told WREG.

dboroff@nydailynews.com

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