Biggles got the final all-clear from the vet yesterday after his neutering, so he got a full length play session at the park. And what a session it was! It had everything a fun-starved little Beagle boy could want: snow, mud and great doggy company!

He got very, very excited, and as everyone knows (especially our neighbors) an excited Biggles is a noisy Biggles. There was much barking and baying..

On the rare occasions when we wasn’t barking, he was clearly thinking about it!

When he got into a grappling session with Maya, a similarly aged pup, it was immediately obvious he’d been using his convalescence to formulate new play strategies. Time and again he’d get a firm grip on her cheek to wind her up, then let her go and nimbly dodge the return attack – sort of the puppy version of knocking on someone’s door and running away:

Of course you can only get away with being a cheeky little pest for so long. Dylan, the other member of the play team, eventually put our boy straight on a couple of things.

And when the chasing started, Maya showed them all who’s got the fastest legs!

Maya leads, Dylan holds second place, and the baying Bigglet brings up the rear