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He didn't need to be asked twice. At Solveig's prompting, Arrax followed dutifully, his latest nap having fully recharged his energy stores and he was raring to play. At nearly two months, his baby fat was beginning to give way to the sleek form of a juvenile with gigantic paws that were the cause of many missteps and falls as he learned how to coordinate them properly.

As his mother dropped into a playbow with an inviting wuff, the boy galloped forward, determined to be the first to engage. Practice and play were words he understood now, but it would take some time – and discipline – for him to learn to control his full-force bites and shoves.

So, with snapping jaws and all of the power he could muster, Arrax barrelled straight towards Solveig with the aim to crash into her.