--- title: Viral Video: French Bulldog Plays With Deer in Novia Scotia description: What a beautiful, unlikely friendship canonical: https://time.com/3486667/viral-video-french-bulldog-deer/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-09T21:24:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:43.261Z og:title: Watch a French Bulldog Frolic With a Wild Deer og:description: A beautiful, unlikely friendship og:url: https://time.com/3486667/viral-video-french-bulldog-deer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a French Bulldog Frolic With a Wild Deer twitter:description: A beautiful, unlikely friendship twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch a French Bulldog Frolic With a Wild Deer for Two Glorious Minutes by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 9, 2014 9:24 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 9, 2014 9:24 PM UTC Meet Ellie-Mae, a 3-year-old French bulldog who is really great at fostering interspecies friendships. Watch here as she romps around with a very large buck who she encountered in her human’s backyard in Nova Scotia. Apparently they were already playing for a half hour before this video even began. Eventually, the pup chases the buck back into the woods. **MORE:** [Argumentative French Bulldog Will Stop at Nothing to Extend Bedtime](http://time.com/53531/french-bull-dog-puppy-argues-over-bedtime/) **MORE:** [A Corgi Dressed as French Fries and Other Adorable Dog Costumes](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/30/watch-a-corgi-dressed-as-french-fries-and-other-adorable-dog-costumes/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3486667/viral-video-french-bulldog-deer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3486667/viral-video-french-bulldog-deer/"},"headline":"Watch a French Bulldog Frolic With a Wild Deer for Two Glorious Minutes","datePublished":"2014-10-09T21:24:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:43.261Z","description":"What a beautiful, unlikely friendship","url":"https://time.com/3486667/viral-video-french-bulldog-deer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Deer","cute","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3486667/viral-video-french-bulldog-deer/","name":"Watch a French Bulldog Frolic With a Wild Deer for Two Glorious Minutes"}}]}] ```