This is the hilarious moment a stray dog ran away with a phone while youngsters were recording their dance practice.

A pack of feral aspins wandered around the Novellus dance group during rehearsals when one cheeky pooch suddenly grabbed the device and bolted.

A member of the Novellus group said: 'We were trying to take one last video before ending our dance practice.

'Suddenly, we noticed the phone went missing in the middle of recording. Another dog was already playing with the phone stand but the device itself was no longer there.'

Footage shows the white dog with black spots on its leg clamping down on the phone that was being used to capture the performance.

The troupe was focused on perfecting their steps and only realised something was wrong when one of them shouted that the camera had vanished in Lapu-Lapu City, the Philippines.

The dancers quickly scattered and searched for the missing phone, eventually finding it lying on a nearby street, still unaware of who the thief was.

She added: 'When we checked the video, we discovered the real culprit. It was the dog all along behind this funny mess.'

The device was undamaged, and the pooch was found playing with its friends nearby.