{"id":495266,"date":"2026-06-12T01:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T01:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/495266\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T01:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T01:52:18","slug":"dog-has-found-true-friend-in-a-deer-they-have-their-own-special-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/495266\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog Has Found True Friend in a Deer &#038; They Have Their Own Special Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This dog named Maggie has found a true friend in a deer and gets beyond excited whenever the two meet. The parent captured their unique moment on camera and shared it on @sherri_inspires to show her followers an unusual but sweet friendship. And it seems that netizens adored their friendship, as the clip has received more than 14K likes at the time of writing, along with various comments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dog\u2019s unusual friendship with deer will brighten up your day<\/p>\n<p>Maggie might have a few doggy friends, but she gets beyond excited whenever she meets her BFF, a <a href=\"https:\/\/dogtime.com\/news\/151613-dog-deer-stroll-town-friends-funny-tipton-iowa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">deer<\/a> named Dottie. The clip shows Maggie and Dottie running side by side from one corner of a fence to another multiple times, hinting that it\u2019s their favourite game to play together. Not once does the deer or the pooch try to cross the fence. They remain on their respective sides and run while taking brief breaks in between.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The parent captured their funny little play and mentioned in the on-screen text that \u201cBFF\u2019s back in business!\u201d Murphy goes on to say \u201cMaggie is very happy\u201d with the play, but \u201ctired\u201d as well. And it seems not only the pup but her mom is also thrilled to see Dottie. \u201cSo excited that Maggie\u2019s friend is back! So sweet!!,\u201d mentioned the parent in the post\u2019s caption.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their adorable bond even left netizens smiling, and they soon shared their reactions in the comments section of the post. A person confessed, \u201cJust the sweetest thing I\u2019ve seen in a while.\u201d Another individual mentioned, \u201cThis is literally a fairy tale.\u201d A third noted, \u201cHow cute! The little deer stomp like a doggy.\u201d While a fourth commented, \u201cThe level of happiness in these two knuckleheads is not measurable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And going by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sherri_inspires\/reel\/DY4tY-rRXF5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">previous clip<\/a>, it seems the two didn\u2019t strike a friendship immediately. The pooch \u201chas been patiently waiting by the fence trying to make friends with the deer for months!\u201d And her patience has finally paid off as she has a \u201cnew playmate\u201d for life.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This dog named Maggie has found a true friend in a deer and gets beyond excited whenever the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,60,166,13371,82,263],"class_list":["post-495266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lifestyle","tag-lifestyle-news","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}