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Here is Pepper, perched in her favorite spot.

One of the things that cracks me up about her is how frequently she will put her head on a pillow, arm rest, or something else in order to elevate her head when laying down. It's just not something I've seen other dogs do really consistently. If there's a pillow or pile of blankets on the floor, she'll even take her Nylabone over to it and chew on it with the pillow/blanket under her front paws.

On Monday, she gets her next heartworm treatment injection. We adopted her from a rescue in January. She tested negative at the time of her rescue, but it can take six months after infection before a positive test result and her second test in April came back positive. It's been especially tough because she's had to be on exercise restriction (and will be until October) and she loved her daily runs. She's got a lot of energy (Pitbull, Belgian Malinois, Husky mix), so we've had to utilize pharmaceuticals to help keep her sane and calm.

She had her first injection last month and she's finally just starting to seem like her normal self this past week. But at least we're finally getting to the end of things. I'm really looking forward to being able to let her loose in the backyard, playing doggy soccer with her, taking her out for runs, having playdates with the neighbor's Newfoundland-Poodle mix, and all of the other fun stuff we started doing this spring.