Is it a budding passion, simple curiosity, or the start of a beautiful friendship? This September 2024, the Instagram account 'Sookie And Dolly The Boxer' shared a video of their dog's reaction to some tortoises.
As you'll see in the clip below, the dog seems completely fascinated by the tortoises. Dolly simply can't take her eyes off these herbivorous reptiles.
A surprising obsession
It's a reaction that even surprised her owner, who said: "I never would have imagined how preoccupied Dolly would be with these tortoises."
More recently, Dolly's owner asked her followers if "anyone else has had similar experiences with dogs and tortoises."
A Boxer thing?
It wasn't long before a few followers responded to the question. One user wrote, "We looked after two tortoises a few years ago. My Boxers were obsessed."
Another commented, "Maybe it's a Boxer thing. Mine adores my tortoise."
