A mischievous pup has been reunited with his family in a happy ending to an eight-hour rescue mission in Troon on Monday.
One-year-old Patterdale Terrier Murdo is resting up after his ordeal which saw him trapped over 8ft inside a fox den in woodland near to Troon Cemetery.
Little Murdo bolted off in pursuit of a fox while on his usual walk with owners Stephen Watters, 58, daughter Amy, 18, and their other dog Haggis, a nine-year-old Border Terrier.