Pepper watching over her puppies. “A Mother’s Love” The gang went for a car ride this week to visit our friendly veterinarian and received great reviews as expected. They were even well-behaved in the car, but no doubt relieved to return to the safety and comfort of their whelping box with their mom anxiously awaiting their arrival. In fact, Pepper was on her break when the pups were loaded up to go on their road trip. After a while, she went to check up on them and began to whimper when she discovered they were absent. Once the whelping box was cleaned up and stocked with fresh towels, she lay down in the box to play with a toy until they returned. Pepper then escorted each puppy as it was carried from the garage back to the whelping box. Only then would this supermom relax. Over the weekend, we caught a break in the weather that allowed us to get the pups outside for their inaugural outing. Pepper could not contain her excitement in the least. She barked and howled with delight as sh...