No sugar for a whole year? 9-year-old Utah girl earns a sweet reward Jenna Bates pitched her parents an idea a year ago — she’d abstain from sugar for a year in exchange for a puppy Share this story Jenna Bates, right, holds her new puppy Lucy as her brother Andy pets her outside of Lucy’s breeder’s home in Eagle Mountain on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Jenna Bates, 9, gave up sugar for a year to get the puppy. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News ST. GEORGE — While there isn’t anything unique about an 8-year-old yearning for a puppy, the extremes to which Jenna Bates was willing to go definitely make her unique.