Last time the Glasgow Dog Training club had its Halloween bash there was no problem choosing a costume for our (then) only Beaglet; she just had to go as Underdog. This year of course we had two costumes to get, and it proved difficult to find a theme that would suit them both. In the end, Susan happened on a US store that had doggy outfits from Grease. Due to a little mix up we ended up with large sizes, but our two still looked pretty cute.

They were up against some stiff competition though!

Cuillin as Wonder Woman

Molly turns tables on her owner and makes her wear the fancy dress

Cuillin deservedly won but the Beanster managed third place and bagged a pack of Burns fish treats. Biggles clearly felt a bit left out and did his level best to nick some treats of his own from head trainer Val.

That taught Val a valuable lesson – never underestimate the jumping ability of the Bigglet. We of course are well aware of our boy’s Olympic boinging talents, but he still catches us out sometimes. One of those times happened when Susan was preparing two sardine cakes for the party. A well timed leap followed by a bid for the Beagle Speed Swallowing world record claimed one of the cakes, but though modest in size the survivor still looked good:

Even with one cake missing there was plenty of food to be had. Each time there was a droppage in the spoon and sausage race Beanie and Biggles were on hand to assist with the clean up operation.

In the obedience competition Biggles had the help of Val, and though he didn’t win he acquitted himself well and managed to pull off his first ever (intentional) high five!

The Biggles hi-5. Technically it’s a hi-8 ‘cos he hit with both his paws

Recall through the legs is easy if the sausage is tasty enough

And for an extra treat he didn’t mind trying on Val’s head band even though it could really lower a growing boy’s street cred. Don’t worry Biggles, I won’t tell anyone…

Beanie scored another bag of Burns treats in one of her competitions, and Biggles somehow managed to get his bum on the floor fast enough to win the musical sit, making it a great night out for us and our pups.

The full set of piccies from this year’s Halloween bash is available here:

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