 Though Flower was known for ruling with an "iron paw", she was a devoted mother, affectionate with her family, and gentle with pups including her daughters'.When her young pups were lost in Zappa territory early in the third series, Flower risked a war with their neighbors to find them.Flower also accepted Axel, an abandoned pup from the rival Zappa group, into the Whiskers clan, where the usual response would have been to kill the young intruder.