Mountain State Pepper was born in Kansas on New Year's Day, 1999.  She has made her home in West Virginia since she was 8 weeks old.  Pepper and Adam trained each other, as she learned how to tree squirrels and coons while Adam learned how to get the most from a hunting dog.  Pepper is an outstanding tree dog.  Walking to her in the woods, you would think she's a Treeing Walker.  That's how hard and loud she is.  She is extremely accurate as well.  Barry Brown, owner of the great Princess Di, hunted with Pepper extensively in her second squirrel season.  He said, "If she trees and you can't find her squirrel, it's probably your fault, not hers."

Pepper passed away on November 11, 2011, just a few weeks short of 13 years old.  She will be greatly missed and long remembered.

Pepper has an outstanding competition record.  She has six World Champion and Reserve World Champion titles and seven State Championships in three different events.  In 2001, she earned the title of World Tree Dog Association Dog of the Year.

2001 WTDA High Point Dog of the Year
2002 Youth WorldSquirrel Champion
2001 Youth World Tree Champion NKC and WTDA
2001 World Show Champion
2001 and 2003 Reserve World Tree Champion
5th and 9th Place World Squirrel Hunt
7 State Champion Titles NKC and WTDA
2004 OMCBA Spring Treeing Contest Winner
Nite Champion in 6 hunts
including 9th in 2002 World Hunt

Mountain State Pepper (1999-2011)
2001 WTDA Dog of the Year
World Show Champion -- World Squirrel Champion -- World Tree Champion
Super Grand Tree Champion -- Super Grand Show Champion
Squirrel Champion -- Nite Champion

Peppers's Pedigree...

                    Duff's Bob
          Marmon's Dirty Harry
                    Pine Knot Tiger Paws
Mountain State Pepper
                    Duff's Bob
           Bonnie Beti
                    Pine Knot Tiger Paws