Sweetpea was nearly one year old by late summer 2002, when she was living temporarily at the Anchorage Animal Control. Staff there determined she was a pitbull, and gave her a new name to suit her friendly, carefree disposition. Most days she spends quietly at home, where her hobbies include sleeping, chewing rawhide bones, and more sleeping. Sweetpea followed her adoptive cousins Sparky, Tanner, and Zoom into flyball.