Anastasia Vinnikova took her dog Patrick for a walk on the beach when she had the experience of a lifetime. The duo were enjoying the sunset on Opuk Beach on the Crimean Black Sea coast when Anastasia spotted a dolphin swimming near the beach. But she didn’t know they could get closer. Suddenly, one of the dolphins had swam to the beach and almost washed ashore in a poignant attempt to interact with the dog. Driven by curiosity, the playful dog was immediately fascinated by the friendly sea creature and it wasn’t long before the two of them played hunting through the calm waves. The impromptu encounter lasted a few minutes as the dolphin swam back to the sea and returned a few inches near the beach. At one point, Patrick nearly touched the marine mammal’s tail as she chased him into the water. The heartwarming moment was captured on camera and shared online by Anastasia and people just can’t get enough of it. “Patrick has touched a dolphin, but I haven’t yet,” the woman wrote on Instagram. “No one was injured in the clip. Dolphins swim near the shore to fish ”.