--- description: She's a Cocker Spaniel named Olive title: The Beckhams' Dog Just Joined Instagram and Already Has a Major Following image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Beckhams' Dog Just Joined Instagram and Already Has a Major Following by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 14, 2015 5:38 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 14, 2015 5:38 PM CUT Earlier this year, the Beckham family added a new member: a puppy named Olive. Victoria first introduced her in an Instagram photo on her personal account back in September: Her husband David and son Brooklyn also started posting photos of the Cocker Spaniel [pup](https://www.instagram.com/p/7TJbcYxbI5/ "undefined") on their own [feeds](https://www.instagram.com/p/-Z1yVuzWTB "undefined"). (Because obviously, that’s what you do when you get a dog. You Instagram it nonstop.) But now, Olive has her very own Instagram account, set up by 16-year-old Brooklyn. The pooch can be found at the handle [@olivebeckham23](https://www.instagram.com/olivebeckham23/ "undefined"). Just five hours after Brooklyn [shared](https://www.instagram.com/p/%5FRVjErRbLE/ "undefined") the account, it amassed 40,000 followers. Here are the first two posts: So far, Olive only follows three accounts: Victoria, David and Brooklyn Beckham. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4147674/beckham-dog-olive-instagram/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4147674/beckham-dog-olive-instagram/"},"headline":"The Beckhams' Dog Just Joined Instagram and Already Has a Major Following","datePublished":"2015-12-14T17:38:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:41.963Z","description":"She's a Cocker Spaniel named Olive","url":"https://time.com/4147674/beckham-dog-olive-instagram/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet"],"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/4147674/beckham-dog-olive-instagram/","name":"The Beckhams' Dog Just Joined Instagram and Already Has a Major Following"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Inside the Canine Mind","description":"Professor Brian Hare at Duke University studies people's pet dogs to understand how canines think","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/dTemQHb7/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2009-09-11T01:23:04.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dTemQHb7.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4147674/beckham-dog-olive-instagram/","duration":"PT2M8S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4147674/beckham-dog-olive-instagram/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```