{"id":183340,"date":"2025-04-14T01:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T01:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animal\/pepper-watching-my-shetland\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T01:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T01:05:25","slug":"pepper-watching-my-shetland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=183340","title":{"rendered":"Pepper Watching | My Shetland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Yesterday, Mandy and I went into my shed to play our flute duets as per our usual Saturday afternoon routine.<\/p>\n<p>And Pepper came too, which is part of her routine as well.\u00a0 She doesn\u2019t seem to mind the noise (we tell ourselves that it is \u201cbeautiful\u201d music) and usually settles after a chewy treat, going to sleep.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77565\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Today, Pepper said she had eaten her treat and now what?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77563\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>How can I resist that little face, always trying to catch my eye in between making a pot of tea and grinding to a halt (sadly a frequent occurrence) after I get stuck.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77564\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>But I could see the Other Half was around too (aka Monster).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77562\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>And, as the weather was perfect (really no one should be indoors), I let Pepper go outside, even though she has form for leaving to go and play with the neighbours.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77561\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I decided to trust her and I explained this to her, hoping she was listening and had maybe grown up a little since her last excursion.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77560\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>And Monster was around to supervise too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77559\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I explained this to him as well, hoping someone was listening to me.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77558\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Yes, please.\u00a0 Listening ears on.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77557\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As the afternoon wore on, and the music continued in varying degrees of accuracy (I can\u2019t help but remember Eric Morecombe\u2019s famous phrase \u2013 <span data-huuid=\"14563905388177750115\">\u201call the right notes but not necessarily in the right order\u201d<\/span>), Pepper stayed around finding different spots to sit in.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full 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