One year on...pepper

On dec 5th 2005 pepper turned 1yr old in human years..in doggy years she is a ripe old 7 going on 14. Sometime after chinese new year last year this little bundle of fur came into our lives and it was one of the best things we have done together as a couple. We agonized over the idea of getting a dog, we had gone and seen so many puppies and we both didnt think it was a wise choice..with work and the fact that we were in our comfort zone would this be too big a task for us to manage? would we get bored of the dog after awhile? would we fight over who has to do what? After a year i am happy to say our fears were totally misplaced, from the day she put her tiny little paws into her new home she has brought joy into our lives, does she know what she does for us? i doubt it. When the two philips and i went to look at dogs that sunday afternoon and they took zorro(her brother) home this little bundle of baboon energy won me over, and the next day when Tloml set eyes on her and started to tear i knew that my wife was hooked too.
When we left her in the shop that night and went home we talked about all the problems that we might face but we both could hardly sleep for thinking of her all alone in her tiny cage...we told the man we would be back on wens and as we drove up to the shop i was so scared that she would be gone but lo and behold there she was waiting for her new mummy and daddy.
There is no greater feeling then coming home from a sucky day of work and finding my two fattys waiting for me. she sleeps at the foot of bed when i sleep, she wakes up when i do when i come out of the bathroom she is sitting there waitng for me, as i type this she is fast asleep on the chair next to me. Perfect? well she wont win any dog shows but she is perfect for us.