There is really no telling how big Pepper will get. We're expecting she'll be pretty big. Hopefully not Great Dane size...we didn't sign up for a horse!
I mentioned in an earlier post that our previous dog passed away in December around Christmas time. We didn't think we would be getting another dog for a while. But, the opportunity presented itself and we decided to go for it. We also figured it would be easier to train the dog before Mckynlee got to the point that she wanted to be playing with the dog. Anyway, so here we are. People say we're crazy, and we probably are. We're just going to go for it though.
We chose the name Pepper for two reasons. 1). Her coat is the color of pepper. 2). We love the Avengers and Jake's favorite is Iron Man. Who is Iron Man's woman? Pepper. (She is a she, so she couldn't be Tony or Iron Man.) We had a few other names we really liked. Such as Jewels--we live in the "natural state" and Arkansas is the home of the only diamond mine in the country. We also liked Ozark--we live in the Ozark mountains. Or Everest--she's a husky and her tail looks like it has a snow cap. Call us sentimental, but we struggled to pick a name. We finally decided on one because we feared the puppy was starting to think her name was "puppy." That would have been original. Haha.
Right now, they don't really acknowledge each other more than the occasional glance. But I'm sure someday they'll be the best of friends.