As you know, we have a lot of puppies right now.

We have Willow’s puppies, who were born while we drove the #internationaldogbus through the Yukon. They’re bold and chubby and fearless and basically already world travelers.

And we have Glory’s puppies, who were born right after we got back and were conceived in, um, mysterious circumstances. They’re only a week younger but are much more timid than their cousins.

And until very recently, never had the twain met.

But what was the best way to introduce them? I settled on bringing Willow’s pups onto Glory’s turf, so that the more timid bbs would be on familiar ground.

I shall henceforth refer to the litters as the minis and the maxis. The minis, of course, got right to frolicking.

Meanwhile, I snuck off to release the horde

tbh it was kind of hard to get the maxis herded in the right direction. The trailer! The silo! Everything was worth exploring en route!

FIRST CONTACT

But the minis were not about to immediately trust their new and raucous neighbors. They retreated to the fortress of our maple-sap-boiling pit.

The littlest watch guard

Can #MathTwitter please explain how 6 puppies + 8 puppies = 10,000 puppies?

For a while, the pups forgot their differences for a game of Chase That Milk Dispenser

But pretty soon the minis were circling the wagons again as they watched their bold chubby cousins gallop around them

Look, little cautious ones! Here comes the milk dispenser!

It is hard for all of us to choose between caution and milk

Another important thing happened. The maxis—and one mini—discovered stairs.

But climbing and descending stairs was the least of the excitement

...because someone else had yet to get involved

Dunno if y’all are aware of this, but Flame likes puppies

Rest assured, friends. Even everyone’s fav auntie Flame is not immediately sure how to handle 10,000 wailing babies

Pretty soon the maxis—and that one brave lil mini—were chasing Flame around the yard

I don’t know how she did it, but I swear that Flame noticed the minis and maxis staying apart and decided to bring the groups together

“come on frens let’s meet your cousins”

“hallo lil ones I noticed u are sitting here alone”

“It is ok u are safe and I will be with you when you say hallo to the big pups”

The minis began to inch forward

HALLO COUSIN

let us be frens

Everyone is happier with new frens

And that is the story of how two packs became one. The end.