Pepper turned one year old this week! It’s been quite the year with this crazy pup. She’s learned, grown and matured a lot over the past months and now those early, difficult days of puppy teeth nipping, crate training, teething and housebreaking are almost forgotten. She’s changed our lives for the better in so many ways and even though there are still some frustrations with this energetic, adolescent pup, waking up to her smiling face every morning makes me happier than anything in the world.

Photos by me and Matt Harrison.