Puppers followed the sound of the music to its source, only to quickly turn and clamp his powerful jaws around the wooden shaft of Atchmon's spear, when the human tried to sneak around and thrust it at the humongous Dog-man.  A game of tug of war ensued between the gladiators, before puppers quickly wrenched the spear from Atchmon's grasp with a single tug of his powerful neck; and showed-off by giving the human a good look as he broke the wooden pole to splinters with a single bite, before smiling proudly down at his competition. 