Intruders

Pepper said he has a report (?) for everybody. I don't know what he's talking about, but here it goes...
I have an announcement. We have spotted some intruders. Don't worry, I have it under control, but I wanted to get the word out. It's been an on-going problem, but this morning at O-6 hundred hours is was escalated it to "all hands on deck" status. Uncle Jerry and Tom came over and set up to keep watch out back and that was when we realized this must be a serious situation. To be honest, it's a matter of pride for Jackie, Jorgie and I and we're trying to handle it ourselves. We'll consider it a personal victory if those guys don't even see the deer. Did I mention what the problem was? We've had this troop of deer (Aunt Jamie said I should say herd, but I pointed out that a military term was more appropriate) that has been using the back part of the property for some kind of smuggling operation. I believe they're trying to remove all of Michael's apples. Of course I told Uncle Jerry that it would be easier to protect them if he'd leave them up by the tree but he keeps taking them out to a compost pile right in the path of the deer! And if I can just air another grievance--I really think we had this under control already. We see the deer, we bark. Problem solved. Uncle Jerry is obviously over-reacting. He brought his gun. I mean, c'mon. If we do our job, he won't have one of these pesky critters within a mile of that crazy little shed he and Tom are sitting in. He's kind of taking the fun out of the job. In the past I'd wait for Jackie and Jorgie to relax and then I'd bark up a storm just to see if I could get them both barking at nothing at all. It works like a charm with Jorgie, but Jackie usually looks before she starts barking. But it's good training--it keep us on our toes plus it has good entertainment value. Now what do we have? Apparently we're supposed to work from dawn til dusk with no breaks. My voice is hoarse, Jackie is getting a kink in her neck and Jorgie keeps tripping over her own feet (well, she does that all the time). Aunt Jamie keeps saying something about putting us in the pen because of "opening day", but that will just make our job harder because we wouldn't be able to see where the deer usually cross so we'd just have to bark constantly instead of just when we see a deer. I wonder if opening day has something to do with opening a treat since we did such a good job today--that would make this all worth it. Yummm.... a pig's ear sounds great. OK, back to work for me. I'll keep you posted.
Love, Pepper