Paul Anka wrote: "and they called it puppy love' about his love affair with Annette Funnicello but the studios broke them up when they were 16 or 17

https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tFP1zcsNM0yLy5PiTdg9JJNzEtRKMlIrVRITszJSU1RyCxRKCgtKKhUyMkvSwUATbcPXA&q=and+they+called+it+puppy+love&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS750US750&oq=and+they+called+&aqs=chrome.1.0j46l2j69i57j0l3j46.9938j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 

I know this is a long url but this is the one they gave me at Google for this song.