It's a meeting and also time to meet the pups, but I couldn't think of a title.

The pups have been gathered together and mom instructs them to stand still. That is a feat in and of itself as Calico works hard to obey, his small body practically vibrating from all the pent-up energy. A monkey, one of mom’s companions, slips a strange contraption over his head before having him put his front two legs through a couple holes which Calico Jack does easily enough. But the pup’s attention is torn between what the monkey is doing, what his mom is doing, and what his siblings are all doing. The fact that he has been leashed is lost on Calico as he spies Ajax getting into his own harness and the pup quickly runs forward to tackle his sibling.

Small body rockets toward his sibling, ready to take the orange pup down when, suddenly, he reaches the end of his leash. In mid leap, the rope pulls taunt and Jack is snapped backward. Icy blue eyes widen as his perfectly timed leap is cut short and the pup tumbles backward, falling into a heap on the floor. Confused, Calico squirms, trying to understand what has just happened. Is it a fluke? Some strange defensive measure that Ajax has? What the actual hell? Wasting no time, he scrambles back to his paws and makes another run at his sibling but, again, he is pulled backward. Brows furrow and Calico Jack makes frustrated puppy sounds as he wiggles against his restraints.

Mom calls to them, directing the pups toward the beach and Jack decides to forget attacking his sibling for the moment. Small body races toward the beach, encountering that unknown backward pull again but this time, he strains against it. The harness that had been made for him, digs into his small body as the pup fights to move faster than he is allowed. They arrive quickly and mom works to settle them before she releases a call. Looking behind him, shooting his mother a charming grin, Calico Jack finds the evil thing that has been limiting him. Eyes narrow at the rope that stretches from his harness back toward his mom, the fact that she is holding the other end completely lost on the patchwork pup.

HA! Now he can get free! Swiftly, Jack spins around, catching the thing in his mouth and wrapping his small legs around it. Without the use of his front legs, Calico pitches forward, tumbling into his closest sibling as he goes. Vicious sounds erupt from his mouth (well, vicious in his mind) as he rolls and soon the pup and his rope victim soon come to a stop. With his mouth full of the thick, braided material, gnawing heavily on the thing, Calico Jack spies Eden, the nice adult who helped him with the net, and he shoots her a happy grin from around his newfound toy. Tail thumps lightly against the ground as he wiggles, rolling over and knocking into another one of siblings. How is he supposed to pay attention when mom gave them such cool toys to play with?!


"Calico Jack"