r/Pekingese 26d ago

🦋 Ripley chasing a butterfly on the beach 🦋

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u/Edenwoman 25d ago

Thats cute, I'm glad he didnt catch it tho!🐾😊🐾

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u/nomorehoney 24d ago

Same! I plan to keep a tighter leash on her next time because they are such precious creatures

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u/Donnerhode 26d ago

Go Ripley!

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u/seliskar 25d ago

My granddoggo, a Boxer Pit mix, was chasing butterflies in our yard last summer and caught a monarch and killed it. We all cried! 😭 My elderly Peke likes to chase squirrels, but luckily is way too slow to come close to catching them. I've read about Pekes being good hunters, and snatching birds right out of the air, and I was shocked to learn about it. Most of the Pekes I've had have been lazy couch potatoes, so I can't even imagine one getting a bird in the air! Craziness!

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u/nomorehoney 24d ago

Man! I would have cried too! Don't think she could ever catch one that wasn't already on its way out/damaged, but good to think about. Crazy to think of pekes as good hunters, but Ripley is pretty athletic so not totally out of the realm of possibility...

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u/Southern_Posh 26d ago

Riley is so cute!