September 7, 2017, Overcast 55F/13C
As discussed Reginald has taken Mabel out of territory for a hunting lesson!
Mabel and her siblings were certainly getting bigger, by the day it seemed. Now at four months old their eyes had changed, their adult pelt colouring was coming in and they were about half their adult size albeit still leggy and awkward looking. Paws still too large for their body (something their father had never grown out of and the pup prayed wouldn’t happen to her) they looked especially disproportioned. Still, this was normal development for a puppy and Mabel had learned how to overcome it, mostly.
With the change of rules she had come to a quick realization, how easy this situation would be to manipulate. But, she would need the perfect target. Mom and Dad were out obviously, they were much too suspicious of her antics, @Nalda also had a short tolerance for her tricks, @Lila spent a lot of time with @Ice and it would be hard to fool two of them, @Zev just smelled disgusting and she avoided the weirdo as much as possible. That left only one, the newcomer. Regi was also a little weird, but Mabel liked playing games with him because she was small and blended into the mist and he didn’t see her very well so she usually won.
Today things were going swimmingly well, Mabel had convinced the arctic wolf to take her out on a hunting lesson. Something that Mom and Dad kept saying was important for all the pups to do because soon they would have to “participate”. Really, it was like her parents wanted her to succeed at this trick, they were just making it so easy for her to pull it off. So, now she trotted alongside Reginald as they followed the winding stream through the spectral woods hoping they would come across some prey or something.