Kakashi stuck his hands into his pockets as he watched her with the puppies. Absently, somewhere in the back of his mind, he wondered if this had been what his father had felt when Kakashi had been shown ninken summons for the first time; this strange feeling of pride, of excited nervousness. Of course back then it had just been Pakkun since he'd gained each summon one by one, but the effect was the same even if he was neither related to Karin nor her official mentor or sensei.

"They'll learn to if you nurture them right," Kakashi nodded. "Pakkun could say my name when he was very young."