Pepper is keeping us all entertained. The kids LOVE to tell her there's a dog outside and watch her run to the window so they can see her look out. They laugh uncontrollably when she does this. Even I think it's pretty cute. :)
We've gotten her almost 100% trained to go outside! She came litter box trained. (Her previous owners had a lot of long days not home, so they did this so they wouldn't have to worry about her.) I thought it would be nice and convenient, but the convenience was majorly overpowered by the inconvenience of cleaning out stinky litter box and sweeping up the litter she drug out on her feet! Ew. So over the last month I've been training her to go outside. She really didn't see outside as a place to go potty, so this took some doing! I moved her litter box outside, but she still would go to the litter box place and do her business. That got old really fast! Anyway, just this week she's finally coming to stare at me or whine to tell me she needs to go out. She definitely knows what it means to "go outside," and she runs out and goes right away! I still have the basement blocked off, so when it's open and she goes all day without peeing down there, I'll know we've succeeded.
She has learned to go outside and stick close with out being tied up. Yippee! If I stop paying attention she will run off, but as long as I watch her, she comes when she's called.
She's discovered she can get up on our bed. The cute thing is she looks over the edge as if she's asking my permission. I'm not totally fond of her sleeping up there, but she usually chooses to get off and head to her basket under my night stand.
She's realized a deep love for salami! She eats almost nothing other than a few choice crumbs under the table. I can leave my ice cream, peanut butter, crackers, sandwich, dog treats, etc. where she can get them and she won't touch any of it except eggs. But twice now she's snatched salami from the eater's hand! Mattie was standing with a piece on the way into her mouth and Pepper jumped up and stole it! Mattie felt quite violated. She quickly changed her tune when she realized how entertaining that was. :)
All in all, Pepper seems quite at home! We're thankful for her.
