The dog was named after the famous basketball player

Mar 27, 2013 14:07 GMT  ·  By

A French bulldog bearing famed basketball player Charles Barkley's name is proving quite the Instagram celebrity.

Sir Charles Barkley, the pooch named after TNT's "Inside the NBA" commentator, has already racked up over 8,000 followers who await new photos every day.

In fact, he is so popular that updating his account has become a regular gig for his owners. Paul and Melissa tell Mashable how they created an account in Sir Charles's name in a bid to lay off posting photos of him on their own social media accounts.

"He knows how to sit, sit pretty, lay down, roll over, shake both hands and play dead. That’s when we learned he’ll do almost anything for food," Melissa describes.