Elyana Smith

And this was next level.

So time continued to go on.

At around eight weeks, all the puppies got adopted.

Their mom got adopted.

I met all their families.

It was wonderful.

And Juniper stayed with me because she needed to be four months old before she could go.

And so during that time, we went everywhere, we exposed her to every sound and movement, and there was going to be nothing that could break her focus.

And by the time she was like three and a half months, she was an incredible dog.

Potty trained, crate trained, slept through the night, we were ready.

And then I got my second life-changing email of the summer.

Animal Planet had not known that I was 12 years old.

And you actually can't go to the Puppy Bowl studio if you're under 18.

And obviously I was crushed.

This was terrible.

But I knew.

I knew that the Puppy Bowl was there to promote pet adoption.

It was there to support a cause that I believed in so much.

And it would be okay.

So a volunteer at the shelter took Juniper to New York City.