Viewers often get snippets of Monty Don's life through the lens of his gorgeous garden, but every so often his followers are shown a sneak-peek of his home life with his pets. Earlier this week, Monty Don gave an update on his life at home with his dog, but declared it was "tragic" as he shared it to his 1.3million Instagram followers. The presenter of BBC's Gardeners' World regularly surprises his followers with sweet posts of his pet, but as he shared the latest clip to his feed his followers were all left with the same response.

His golden pooch was seen with a ball in his mouth as he avoided handing it over, which, according to the host, was a very normal thing to take place in their house. He wrote: "It's tragic how much pleasure this endless game gives Ned (and me)." But while he may have thought it was tragic, his followers felt very differently.

People flooded the comments as one user wrote: "Awww, play is never tragic. Look at his smile." While another said: "Not sure who's having the most fun, it's lovely to see though!"

Another added: "Not tragic! Just sheer delight and happiness for your both." While a fourth said: "Not tragic, joyful, simple pleasures." The comments were inundated with people reminding him that it wasn't tragic to enjoy the sweet moment with his dog.

Ned's appearance on his social media always leaves his followers in utter awe, with Monty Don announcing earlier this month that the start of his new series leaving his pooch incredibly excited -- and fans agreed.

The news that the show is returning on March 13, sooner than expected, was certainly welcome by his fans after he admitted he had been thrown off his traditional pruning schedule due to the changing climate. He previously stated that jobs typically taken on in January were instead appearing in December.

In his BBC Gardeners' World column, Monty wrote: "I found myself not doing it, because January was still a week or so away. 'Ha!', you might say, 'the man is a rule-bound idiot tied to an absurdly rigid horticultural calendar.'

"You would not be far wrong, but I suspect we have all learned that certain jobs should be done at certain times."