Pepper on the prowl, while I'm gardening

This picture of Pepper really shows her "blue-black" color, with tan eyebrow and beard accents. And few distinguished gray hairs creeping in around the muzzle. Her eyes, nose and ears are so incredibly sharp. She lives in a world that I can only imagine!

When she gets a good fix on a mousie, she "points" with a front paw... I think she does that to communicate to other dogs, and to me, what's going on - so I don't come bumbling over and ruin her stalking?

She loves to stalk out in the dry leaves. I could have never let her enjoy this when we lived in rattlesnake country! No poisonous snakes here, thankfully.

Suspected mousie activity

Pepper, patrolling the tarpaper mulch (and driftwood that I use to hold it down.) She is very patienct when she is hot on the trail of a deermouse, field mouse, gopher, mole or shrew. We have all of those amok in the garden. Sometimes Pepper will present one to me as a gift!


One thing that Pacific Northwesterners don't like to tell people about is the fantastic weather here. We'd prefer that you think it rains all the time in the Seattle area. On this day it was about 65 with ample sunshine, soooo nice. After this mousie safari, Pepper threw herself down on her adirondack chair cushion out in the sun and had a tropical sunbath.

Pepper, walkies!!

My little sweetie, glad to hear that we are taking a walkie to the mailbox!!