This is the hilarious moment a dog mistook a cat statue for the real thing.

The clip, filmed on December 9 in Stockholm shows the moment Stella the Staffordshire bull terrier locked eyes on what she thought was a cat, before realising it was just a statue.

"Stella noticed the statue at a long distance and she had already sneaked around for a while and just before she started approaching the statue I picked up my mobile and started filming completely unaware of what her reaction would be," the filmer told Newsflare.

On this specific day, we decided to take a walk up a hill where they just completed a renovation in the park located in the inner city of Stockholm. The cat statue was new in the park. Stella noticed the statue at a long distance and she had already sneaked around for a while and just before she started approaching the statue I picked up my mobile and started filming completely unaware of what her reaction would be. Stella is a happy and special female dog, breed american staffordshire terrier. She is 4 years old.