A pack of seven dogs who escaped a Chinese butcher truck went viral on Monday. It was the mostly motely crew of dogs that you could imagine, and it almost feels like something out of a Pixar movie. I’m not a sucker for the feel good stories, but the content from this one was fun enough that I felt like I should share it with you.
🔔🔔 saw the smallest dog among other breeds leads other dogs and i had to go read the story on a chinese news website.
— Omolomo (@Omolomo_o) March 23, 2026
this is insane 😭
> seven neighborhood dogs (different breeds like plucky corgi, a big german shepherd, golden retriever, labrador, and other breeds) were… https://t.co/wpt3RGqP1i
🐶 In China, 7 stolen dogs escaped from a butcher’s truck and walked 17 km home led by a corgi!
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 23, 2026
In Jilin province, seven dogs were stolen for sale at a dog meat market and loaded into a van. But they managed to escape — and what followed looks like a movie.
Instead of… pic.twitter.com/9gbZI9yl8Q
This is an epic story, the canine equivalent of Xenophon’s Anabasis, when 10,000 Greek hoplites made a perilous journey back to the Black Sea from Persia. In the centuries to come, doggy bards will sing of their heroism. https://t.co/NMRAzChOip
— RAW EGG NATIONALIST (@Babygravy9) March 23, 2026
The Corgi was the one leading them home
— Luna M (@tiredfeminist_) March 23, 2026
The German Shepherd was injured
The dogs kept a protective formation around the German Shepherd
The Corgi stopped often to make sure they were still okay
It took them 2 days to get home
They are neighbourhood friends
I’m going to cry😭😭😭 https://t.co/fJaDb4Qgfx
My heart can’t handle this 😭 https://t.co/dGeIr42WJV
— Karoline Leavitt (@karolineleavitt) March 23, 2026
In China, Seven dogs stolen from their owners have gone viral after escaping from an illegal transport truck and making their way home. They traveled 10.5 miles/17 km together, led by a corgi across highways and fields, now safely back with their respective owners. pic.twitter.com/aV6H7GWlh2
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) March 23, 2026
https://t.co/pC4j7ykLrK pic.twitter.com/F7Ynof5C6M
— George Ferman (@Helios_Movement) March 23, 2026
I know she ran a tight ship on the way https://t.co/bz3KphRMAI pic.twitter.com/RtI0vf0CUN
— oatmeal influencer (@acechhh) March 23, 2026
I'd really like some insight into how they even managed to escape. On top of that, they managed to walk 10 miles down the road. I feel like humans who got captured couldn't even get that far.