Pepper the Dog Getting Attention on Buzzfeed, Twitter

Today, Buzzfeed ran a story about a Fresno woman and her dog who’ve gone—as the kids say—viral.

This week, Elaine Diaz went on vacation leaving her nephew, Tommy Rivers, in charge of her Pomeranian, Pepper. Elaine left Tommy some pretty standard directions for taking care of Pepper, like how much to feed her, and some fairly un-standard directions, like “don’t you hate her ’cause you ain’t her.”

Tommy tweeted out his aunt’s instructions, along with a picture of Pepper, and it was an instant hit. At this time, his tweet has been retweeted over 55,000 times.

https://twitter.com/TommyRivers/status/884116150912667648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Ftommyrivers%2Fstatus%2F884116150912667648

This isn’t Elaine’s and Pepper’s first brush with fame. The pair appeared in The Fresno Bee after Pepper won the Most Creative prize in the Hula Wiggle Butt Contest at the Bully Walk at Woodward Park in 2015 (I really wish I had seen Pepper’s hula wiggle).

According to Buzzfeed, “Both Tommy and Diaz said that they’re shocked that his post went so viral. Diaz called her list’s popularity ‘so funny.'”

Now be honest: How many of you dog owners out there have gotten a little out of hand when leaving instructions for someone caring for your pet? I know I have, and I have no regrets.

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Jason Farris

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I grew up in Fresno. Relaxed in its calm breezes, listened with my dad to the crack of the bat at little league baseball games when I was a kid and now take my son to do the same at minor league games. I broadened my mind at its schools (I went to high school right here at San Joaquin Memorial, and to college at Fresno State!) I love that if I drive for two hours in one direction, I can be in the mountains. For two hours in another, luxuriating on a California beach. I can enjoy the cosmopolitan atmosphere of San Francisco or Los Angeles, but still be able to come home to relaxation, calm, and quiet.

I love where I live, and I also love what I do. I'm lucky to be able to work in a profession in which I get to build relationships; one that has me meeting new people each and every day and helping them to build new lives in my beloved city. I'm lucky enough to work in a profession in which I can marry cutting-edge technologies and marketing techniques to good, old-fashioned, nose-to-the-grindstone work. I am lucky enough to work in a profession that allows me to work as an advocate for my clients; to use every tool at my disposal to get a job done well for them, and with as little stress and expense as possible.

I love my city. I love my job. One inspires my excellence for the other.

Fresno? I say FresYES

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