The First Puppy Adventure of 2025

The first puppy adventure was had by Miss Starla (not any sort of official name, it is just what I exclaimed when I found her). Mama Star has been increasingly ready to stop lounging around while puppies nurse, and wanting to re-enter society and be closer to me. This is totally normal for her, and she is like a speeding freight train, barreling back through the house and past any of the other dogs, if any of the pups makes a peep while she is away.

As it happened this morning, Star must have been nursing and then heard me opening a fresh loaf of sourdough... The morning routine is, each of the dogs sits nicely and we practice "wait" (I hold a bread cube in my fist, and they can sniff once but then must stop nosing or trying to nibble until I open my hand). Star is very keen on getting that tiny treat each morning. She was at the baby gate with Steady and Trixie, while Remy and Taffy were on their side in the kitchen with me, all waiting eagerly for the crumb of bread. But a puppy was crying in the bedroom, and Star was torn. Wait for bread? Go back to puppy? Wait for bread? GO BACK TO PUPPY! (Come back for bread)

Needing to investigate, because now Star was looking at me expectantly, I left my own breakfast and checked on the babies with Star. There was Starla, the shaded sable female, outside of the whelping box. I literally exclaimed with this made up nickname coming from nowhere: "Why Miss Starla!!! What do you think you are DOING out here"... The only way this could happen, is... she was latched on when Star leaped up, and held on until Star was out of the box. I must say, it did not surprise me at all, that this was the pup who would seek excitement this early. Little girl, it is too early for your adventures.