🐾Maple

Maple's story

Scroll down and I'll show you how I went from a palmful of puppy to full-time zoomies.

2026

  1. May 2026

    2 weeks old

    A palmful of poodle

    Maple as a few-weeks-old puppy, held in two hands out on the patio

    This is me a few weeks after I was born. I was small enough to be carried around in two hands, and honestly, I had no complaints. My eyes had only just worked out how to open.

  2. June 2026

    4 weeks old

    Finding my feet

    Maple standing on a white blanket, facing the camera
    Maple sitting on the same blanket, glancing to the side

    A couple of weeks later I could stand up all by myself, which meant I could finally play a bit. Still wobbly, still very curly.

  3. August 2026

    3mo

    The ride home

    Maple as a puppy peeking out of a beige sling carrier, held close on a cobbled street

    This was the day I left my litter and went home with my people. I was too small to walk it, so I got carried the whole way, and by the end of it I had a house, a family, and a name. Best trip I have ever taken.

  4. Bath number one

    Soaking wet Maple standing in the bathtub, held steady by two hands
    Maple mid-bath with her eyes squeezed shut while she gets soaped up
    Maple bundled in a white towel afterwards, still damp and unimpressed

    My first ever bath, which nobody asked me about beforehand. I stood very still, waited it out, and quietly hoped it was a one-time thing. It was not.

  5. September 2026

    4mo

    First haircut

    Maple before her haircut, fur looking wild and shaggy, sitting by her bed
    Maple after her haircut, fur neatly trimmed and fluffy, sitting on a rug

    My fur had gotten a bit wild, so off I went for my first trim. I came back looking a lot more put together, though I'd argue the shaggy look had its charm too.

More to come ...