Milo & Lune

Meet Milo
& Lune.

The real dogs behind the stories — two very different personalities, one very close friendship, and the best company a family could ask for.

Milo

The bigger one · he/him

Milo is the bigger of the two, an apricot-brown swirl of curls. He is smart, loyal, and steady — and curious enough, and mischievous enough, to keep every day interesting.

Lune

The smaller one · she/her

Lune is the smaller one, cream-white and full of expression. She is lively, sensitive, and impossible not to love — she can say more with one look than most dogs manage with a whole bark.

Little Moments.

Everyday life with Milo and Lune — sunny steps, shared chairs, treats, and grass under their paws. Click any photo to see it bigger.

Milo and Lune sitting side by side on a chair, both looking at the camera — Two very different ways of sitting still for a photo.

Milo and Lune standing in the sea at sunset, both on leashes held by a hand — Golden hour at the beach — both of them, right in the water.

Milo lying on grass with a small ball between his paws, Lune behind him with her tongue out — Playtime on the grass — Milo keeps the ball, Lune keeps smiling.

Milo sitting in front of a couch being petted by a hand, Lune asleep on the couch behind — One being petted, one fast asleep — a quiet afternoon on the couch.

Milo nuzzling Lune on the grass; Lune’s eyes are closed and her tongue is out — A grassy cuddle: Milo’s gentle nuzzle, Lune’s big laugh.

Milo sitting in tall green grass with his tongue out — Milo, sitting pretty in the tall grass.

Milo and Lune on wooden stairs, both turning back to look at the camera — Halfway up the stairs, turning back at the same moment.

Milo and Lune walking along the beach at sunset, their leashes held in a hand — A sunset walk along the shoreline.

Milo standing on the grass, looking at the camera, with Lune beside him — Milo, standing tall on the grass.

Lune sitting on the grass, smiling at the camera — Lune, all smiles on the grass.

Milo and Lune lying on the grass, tongues out, with a small ball and leashes nearby — Tongues out, ball nearby — a good day on the grass.

Milo and Lune being hugged together on a chair, arms wrapped around them — Held close — both of them, all at once.

Lune in front and Milo behind, both sitting inside a playground slide tunnel — Lune leads the way out of the tunnel, Milo right behind her.

Milo standing on a stone ledge at the park with his tongue out — Milo, posing on the rocks at the park.

Milo and Lune in a dog bed surrounded by shredded paper and an empty toilet-paper roll — A dog bed full of shredded paper — and two very innocent faces.

Milo and Lune seen from behind at a forest stream — Exploring the stream bank together.

Lune lying on her back on a child’s lap, being gently held; the child’s face is not visible — The safest seat in the house: a trusted lap.

Short videos.

Real-life clips with the real Milo and Lune — four to ten seconds at a time. Press play on any of them; the sound is just everyday life.

Little Adventures.

Imagined versions of Milo and Lune, dreamed up with AI — Milo with his blue moon-and-stars bandana, Lune with her orange bow. They are not the real dogs (the real Lune is cream and curly, and would like that on the record), but they are fun to visit. AI-generated

Imagined Milo and Lune cuddling on a bench in autumn — An autumn-bench cuddle.

Imagined Milo wearing sunglasses on a beach — Milo, beach day.

Imagined Milo and Lune cuddling asleep on a couch — Couch nap, imagined.

Imagined Milo and Lune at a dinner table with food bowls — Dinner for two.

Imagined Lune with an orange bow, resting on a wooden table — Lune, daydreaming.

Imagined Milo wearing sunglasses on a poolside lounger — Milo, poolside.

Imagined Milo and Lune sitting on a porch at golden hour — Golden hour on the porch.

Imagined Milo and Lune playing in a snowy mountain landscape — Snow-mountain run.

Imagined Milo and Lune running through the snow — Racing through the snow.

Imagined Milo and Lune chasing a tennis ball on grass — Tennis chase.

Stories.

A picture book on its way — and the literary world these two little dogs help inspire.

Picture book in development

Welcome Home, Lune

A story about friendship, sharing, and finding home. Book 1 of the Milo & Lune Series.

The book is being written and illustrated right now. Here is the real cover, and a first peek inside.

Picture book spread: the little white dog is given her name — Lune means Moon — “Lune means Moon. From now on, you’re Lune.”

Picture book spread: Milo and Lune playing tug-of-war with a rope toy — A very serious game of tug-of-war.

Picture book spread: Lune looking out of a night window at the stars and moon — Watching the stars through the night window.

Picture book spread: Milo and Lune playing with a rainbow ball on the grass — And in the end — the rainbow ball, on the grass.

Aven Moon’s literary world

From real life to Hopewick

The real Milo and Lune also inspire Aven Moon’s stories. They live on in fiction as the two dogs in the middle-grade novel The Boy Who Listened to the World, set in the fictional Canadian town of Hopewick.

3D preview of the novel The Boy Who Listened to the World standing on a surface, showing the front cover with an open notebook sketch and the spine — The Boy Who Listened to the World From Hopewick · Book One, Volume I Coming soon

3D preview of the novel The Boy Who Listened to the World, Book One, Volume II, standing on a surface, showing the front cover with a notebook sketch of a boy drawing with two dogs and the spine — The Boy Who Listened to the World From Hopewick · Book One, Volume II Coming soon

Book Two From Hopewick In the works

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Meet Milo& Lune.