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Poor pup, like all of us, is terrified of a giant spider

This dog wants nothing to do with this thing.
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Samantha Scelzo
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Once a spider has entered your home, there's no sleeping until it's gone. Even if it takes days to get the spider out, we'd rather stay awake for 48 hours than have it crawl into our ear while we're sleeping.

We're reasonable people.

Sam Watt and her dog Tilli had a gross encounter with a giant spider as it climbed up the bedroom wall and wreaked havoc on the household. Poor Tilli was so, so scared, even when the creepy crawly was behind bars (under a glass).

Tilli remains completely motionless as Watt talks to the hairy creature under the glass.

"I saw it crawling across the ceiling above my bed and there was absolutely no chance that I was going to be able to sleep with that in the room," Watt said. "It was huge and horrible. I don’t normally mind spiders but this one gave me palpitations."

As the spider crawled across the ceiling Tilli barked and squealed at it like any good guard dog would. Tilli wasn't going to sleep with that thing in the house either, so Watt bravely climbed on her bed and slid it all the way down her bedroom wall and onto her dressing table.

"I gave it a good talking to and told it not to return again," she said. "The dog wasn’t impressed."

We truly think Tilli was too shocked to praise anyone at this point, and we don't blame the poor pup. Look at Tilli's terrified face!

At least they can sleep soundly tonight.

Topics Animals

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Samantha Scelzo

Samantha was a Watercooler Web Culture & Lifestyle intern at Mashable. Follow her on Twitter @samiscelz.

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