Personal Narrative: Australian Cattle Dog

For as long as I could remember 'getting ready for summer' also included my dog as well, my little girl always needed a new leash and collar because spring wouldn't be spring without getting your best girl a new outfit LOL.

Unfortunately for the past two years, I didn't have that joy, because my best friend "Pepper" had passed on and I just never had the will to visit the shelter and rescue another dog.

Pepper was an Australian Cattle Dog and from the moment I laid eyes on her, this beautiful spotted 8-week-old bundle of happiness just stole my heart. From the moment we took her home till the day she passed on 12 years later, she was my absolute best friend.

Pepper was my joy and it's tough to move on from that kind of happiness. I have
So while the rest of the world sleeps, I can bang away on my keyboard, the only drawback to the quiet is how it reminds me of how much I miss my Pepper.

For those 12 wonderful years, at night it was just me and Pepper. If anyone is thinking of going to a shelter look for a cattle dog because they are incredibly smart. We had our routine down from day one. 11 pm before I started working we went out for a 15-minute walk, and when I got back into my office I went and she would settle down in her bed at the side of my desk. Like most dogs, she would lightly sleep, but always ready to spring into action if needed. It was amazing to me because she wasn't wearing a watch but each night around 5 am I look over and catch a glimpse of those big brown eyes looking up at me.

She would lay there patiently waiting for the moment I leaned back in my chair signaling I needed a break. The instant that happened she was up doing her little cha-cha dance, all giddy with excitement because we would be going for her walk. While I don't do the Cha-Cha never-the-less I am sure she knew I loved them as much as she
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My regular readers know I am honest (some say, too honest) because I have never once asked for money to write about something or used my site to get freebies and I stumbled across something that I like, it looks cool to me, I honestly use it and I believe it is high quality then I have no problem writing a review about it, or even recommending