Since our last episode of PEPPER "the Destroyer" our heroine PEPPER has
settled into her new surroundings quite nicely.  She actually located in the
"wild" (the master bedroom) her own little den.  Once the toddler known as
"Super J" (see Pic Super JGS) was vanquished from the lair PEPPER moved in
and made it  hers.

After moderate doses of the new den, PEPPER's new humans felt she was quite
comfortable with the surroundings and ventured out to hunt for food (went to
the grocery store).  PEPPER was on to the new humans dirty little trick.
Even though the den has two locking mechanisms on the outside, PEPPER
studied the den door very closely and identified it's weakness.  There was a
corner of the door left unbolted (silly designers).  PEPPER felt that once
she had her head out of the den it was safe to lubricate the remaining
portion of her body with ST. BERNARD SLOBBER and slip quietly through the
opening.  Once free of her den, PEPPER decided it was time to peer out the
man made glass pane separating her from the outside world.  No silly curtain
or mini-blind was going to get in her way.  She delicately worked her way
around the curtain then decided she had had enough.  With sheer brute force
applied with a single paw, PEPPER conquered the mini blind and was able to
see the outside world once again.

PEPPER's humans were perplexed as to how a St. Bernard with her girth could
so easily escape the den without significant damage to the den or any
visible injury.  Had PEPPER been misnamed?  Is her true identity Harry
Houdini.... NO!  Harry is he counterpart in crime...(see pic Harry N Kids).
While Harry tries to blend in with the miniature humans, you can still sight
him if you look closely.

Realizing that they can not continue to replace mini blinds each time they
must leave the house, PEPPER's humans decided they must secure the den even
better.  The family's dad went off to the hardware store to get paint to
touch up the wall next to the den and some carabineer clips to add
additional security to the den door.  He purchase six clips and placed them
in what he thought was the best position possible.  Sunday morning arrived
and the family was off to church.  Upon their return the family realized
that they had a battle of wits on their hands.  During the two and one half
hours they were gone, PEPPER had once again managed to escape from the den.
This time she felt the escape was significant enough victory and just laid
on the adult humans bed.

Luckily, the dad is an extremely inquisitive man and he had set the family
video camera up to watch what took place when the family left.  The first 30
minutes was quite boring.  It was much like watching a dog sleep in a den.
Then she sprung to action.  PEPPER clawed at the door of the den and worked
at it for several minutes.  Then PEPPER rested for another 20 minutes or
so...  After recuperating from her last burst of energy, PEPPER sprung to
action once again.  She worked furiously at the carabineer clips moving them
with her paws and mouth until....  you guessed it.  The tape on the video
camera ran out.  After two hours and 3 minutes of tape, and several periods
of rest and wrestle, PEPPER chose to free herself from the den just after
the camera was unable to record her secret escape method as it had run out
of tape.

Now, PEPPER had outsmarted the humans 3 times and the dad could not have a
4th.  He sat down and began to brush PEPPER and explain how the den was for
her own good and it was to protect her from the evils of nature.  While
brushing PEPPER the male human discovered she had been attacked.  She had
several very large blood sucking creatures attached to various parts of her
body.  The dad could not have that.  PEPPER had outsmarted him, but, she
could not defend herself from such small enemies that attacked her from
behind.  The female adult human (she is more motherly than the male) took
PEPPER into the big glass room with the water and began to lovingly bathe me
(see pic Pep Shower) in order to locate any of the enemy hiding in her thick
coat.

Due to the trip from PEPPER's old home in Iowa, the adult male human felt
their metal horse needed to be cleaned and he took it to a professional
detailer.  Oh my it was pretty and smelled really good.  The silly humans
thought that one good fight would get rid of those pesky creatures.  Low and
behold two days later, the male human located another nasty blood sucking
bug attached to PEPPER's inner ear.  PEPPER overheard the adult male say,
"*%*&^ it!  I am taking her to a professional groomer and let them bathe and
dip her.  We have to kill those nasty suckers."  So, two days of nice clean
SUV and it's time to jump back into the metal horse and take a trip to the
groomer (see pic Pep So Clean).

Well, that appears to have done the trick.  That and a $60 dose of flea and
tick K-9 Advantix.  PEPPER's new role as the manager of the family business
keeps her busy keeping an eye on the adult male human (see pic Pep manages
Office). 

You know it takes a lot of money to feed a hero and heroine the
size of PEPPER (118 lbs) and Harry (160 lbs).

What about the den you are wondering?  Well, the male human went back to the
hardware store and picked up 20 eye hook clips and now the den door takes a
few minutes to open, but, PEPPER is kept safe in her home.  She also
convinced the male human to leave the TV on for her while the family is
away.

Hope you enjoyed our fun little update.  I don't think there will be such an
adventurous second installment.