Pepper and Elsa snuggled up under the heat lamp at one week old!
What a crazy couple of months it has been! The puppies will be nine weeks old tomorrow!
When I rescued Chloe and Sunshine I had no idea what I was getting into! (But that is Always the case when you do stuff like that!) When I say that Chloe had nine PERFECT puppies; I am not exaggerating! For a momma that had been fending for herself for a while, and barely looked pregnant due to lack of nourishment... it's nothing short of a miracle! They are all healthy, happy and with their forever families now; all of them, except Pepper!
Pepper is going to my Uncle Scott who is having surgery next week and will need some time to recover before he takes on his new puppy. In the meantime, I have begun her training. Some extra attention is going towards Pepper and getting her train because it is our hope that she will become a service dog! I have no doubt that between the two of us and other professional dog trainers (plus, all the advice/help I can get from my awesome dog trainer friends!), Pepper is going to make an AMAZING and stunning Service Dog!!
My Uncle Scott was injured in the navy and now suffers with a very painful nervous system issue in his arm. I'm not going to pretend to know exactly what it is, but I know that if anyone touches, bumps, or even brushes against it, it is EXTREMELY painful!!
Eventually, our hope is that Pepper will be a service dog for Uncle Scott! Trained to be able to go everywhere he goes and always stay at his hurt arm, preventing people from getting too close!
Having a service animal in our family- My son's Autism Service dog- Angel, I know first hand how they can change your life and the lives of everyone around you! Uncle Scott and Aunt Erin are already HUGE dog people (literally, they have had a house full of NEWFOUNDLANDS!!) and I just couldn't be more excited about all of this!!
To top it off, my Uncle Scott told me a story from when he was a boy! I just have to share because it completely confirms that it's all meant to be!!-
When I was like 5. I used to go up the street from my
house and take the neighbors dog. Her name was Pepper!!!
And when they started calling her I would put her in our
mailbox. Then they would walk down the street and say
Scotty, have you seen pepper? I would say no, and then they
would tell me to bring her back home when I was done
playing with her!!
Here is a little snip-it from today's training session! At only nine weeks old... she's a smart girl, I tell ya!
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