Hi, thanks for all the information. My sympathy for the loss of Pepper. It is tough when we loose our companion animal of any type. I am following and will be checking out your blog. Unfortunate to find a person in the freedom community under these circumstances, but these times of hardship and personal pain are good times to show others with like values support. Again sorry for your loss. I think about my dog Beau every time I see another dog or am just on a hike I still miss his presence. Dogs sure do bring us much companionship and happiness with their no strings attached love. I'm not planning to have another dog companion, at least while I'm doing my nomading. Maybe I will if I ever have to settle down in one place again. I intend to travel to many different places around the world and its just not practical at all to have a dog. That is one of the negatives to this lifestyle though indeed. Take care, peace, love and freedom.