Shot put

Billy's big feet scrunch down at the grass under them and she cocks her head at one of her fathers. "Oh yeah!?" That sounded fun. That sounded like a good time. The dire girl's ears snapped forward and she wriggled her tail again, a big smile crossing her jaws. At this age, the little bone spurs on her neck were visible; just little points through puppy fur.

She was an odd one, huh?

But it didn't matter. Because she was here, with her dad, and Billy didn't think of herself as strange or different-- she was just Billy, and Mika wanted to play a prank on the rest of them, and he thought Billy would be good company for that. And she would be! That was for sure! Billy huffed in a sharp breath and stuck her tongue between her teeth. "Let's go! Let's go! Gonna be great!" Billy barked, and then she tried to jump at the barrel, to try to get her teeth into it so she could, maybe, help carry it or something.

... she was mostly just getting under Mika's paws.