Stella’s Epic Leaf Jumps Make Her Maine’s Fall 2025 Star

Maine’s coolest dog has had a great fall!

@dognamedstella Mabel in the leaf pile is a MOOD 🍁🍂 #stablemabel #stellasleafpiles #keepbeingyou #labrador #dogsofmaine ♬ original sound - dognamedstella

As you will notice when you look out the window, the fluffy white stuff is about to be on the ground here in Maine, and even though winter doesn’t officially arrive until Sunday, December 21, it is time to come to grips with the realization that fall is basically over, which means that Stella The Dog will have to settle for frolicking in the snow.

Stella is an energetic, English yellow lab, that lives with her family in Freeport, Maine. Stella is a legit star, who is so famous, she has her own YouTube channel, with over 58,000 subscribers, a Facebook page, an Instagram account, and of course, she is on TikTok too.

@dognamedstella Leaf Piles & Smiles 🍂🍁 #stellasleafpiles #dogsofmaine #labrador #pawtumn ♬ Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra

Stella absolutely loves being outside, especially when there are humongous piles of leaves on the ground. Watching her run like she was shot out of a cannon, then fly through the air into an awe-inspiring mountain of leaves is just endlessly entertaining.

Best of all, there are no sound effects or music in the video clips, so you can hear Stella smash through them with the greatest of ease. And with that in mind, her owners have put together a compilation of her coolest jumps of the year.

If you just can't get enough of Stella The Dog, you can follow her on Instagram.

A Facebook page, with 713,000 followers.

She is on TikTok too, where she has over 802,000 followers! And combined, the views on her videos, total 46.9 million! Incredible.

Like her fellow State of Maine canine, Tatum, pets are proving that anyone can be a social media superstar.

@dognamedstella You may be a fan, but did you dress up like a giant inflatable Stella for Halloween? Our friend, Taylor, did. Keep being you, Taylor. Sorry Mabel bit your head… and knocked you off the leaf pile… and stole your stick 💛 #giantinflatablestella #stellaween #happytogether #labrador #dogsofmaine ♬ Happy Together - The Turtles

Steve Hartman's "On the Road" series is a much loved part of the CBS Evening News, where Steve travels across America, sharing inspiring stories and profiles, that air each Friday night at the end of the broadcast, last fall, he paid a visit to meet Stella.

Stella’s leaf‑jumping tradition goes back to when she was a puppy. Her owner, Jody Hartman, first noticed her launching herself into freshly raked piles of leaves without any prompt.

Jody doesn’t just rake leaves and let them sit. He dries leaves with a hair dryer, covers them to keep them dry, “fluffs” them, etc., so that the leaf pile is perfect for Stella’s dives.

She’s been jumping into leaves every autumn for about nine years now. Even as an older dog, her enthusiasm hasn’t really dimmed.