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Royal Family Confusion
Based on some of our reader comments, we believe we’ve created a royal family confusion with our nicknames. In the foreground is His Highness Little Prince Typhoon Phooey, also known as a royal pain in the … you know. He doesn’t like being cuddled, brushed, touched, or otherwise treated like a dog unless, of course, he demands such attention right now. In the background is Landon Boom Boom, not a prince but more of a Court Jester. He bounces and springs from place to place, has the attention span of a gnat, and will cuddle at the drop of a hat. Typhoon has instructed the Hu-Dad to keep these matters clear going forward. And, yes, Roscoe P. to the right and Frankie is hidden while finishing important business.
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Tired Walking Sibes
The sun came out yesterday giving us a beautiful, spring day. The flowers bloomed. The birds sang. The temperatures rose. And our two walks, even though we went our usual route, seemed longer in the warmer weather. By the end, we were tired, walking Sibes. For some reason we can’t explain, Hu-Dad smiled as we went into the house, crashed in our beds, and snored for hours.
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Caption This: Don’t Let A Little Rain Affect Your Plans
We squeezed in our walk yesterday morning before the rains came, but the afternoon jaunt was threatened by steady rain, wind, and even thunder. Hu-Dad suggested we skip the second walk, but we protested. You know we won that debate based on the photo above, but what exactly did we say? We know our audience has terrific ideas for this week’s caption this.
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Mentoring Boom Boom
While we wait for our fence to be installed, we’re exploring our backyard and learning the creatures who live around us. The ever-patient Frankie Suave is calmly mentoring Boom Boom in the ways of the Siberian Husky. The Little Prince might be the more frenetic hunter of the group, but Frankie believes in mind-melding with his prey.
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Rabbit Distraction
Modeling sessions around Chez Herd are always challenging because the subject doesn’t want to cooperate. When a rabbit crosses the yard—the first rabbit since our return to Asheville—no model can be expected to look at the camera and smile. Yes, the challenges the Hu-Dad faces include a rabbit distraction.
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Don’t You Have Busyness To Do
Frankie Suave naps in his usual suave way, but is disturbed by the clicking of a camera. Why, he wonders, does the Hu-Dad have time to take photographs when he has busyness to do? For example, look at the tangle of cables under his desk. Let’s hop to it, Hu-Dad. Those moving boxes aren’t going to unpack themselves.
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Royal Rug Tester
The Hu-Dad’s busyness requires hours and hours and hours of staring at a computer screen as he struggles to string together coherent words into a story. While we would prefer ear and belly rubs, we can accept his lack of attention provided we are appropriately comfortable sprawled throughout his study. Our Royal Rug Tester has determined the new house provides an adequate level of napping potential, even if the pesky camera is still snapping photos.
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Boom Boom’s New Couch
During the evenings in Chez Herd, Landon can be found lounging on a couch. He’s quite pleased to discover that the new house also has a couch that is perfect for Siberian Husky comfort. If you want to find the Boom Boom, just look for his new couch—his personal new couch.
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Counter Inspection
Coming back from yesterday morning’s walk, Typhoon jumped into action and conducted a quick counter inspection of the new house despite being on a leash. Wouldn’t want those poor humans leaving behind crumbs and having to clean them up all by themselves. That’s our Little Prince—always taking one for the team.
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Too Close?
We’re back in Asheville at the new house. The humans busily unpacked boxes while we snoozervised (we’re really, really good at snoozervising). During our afternoon walk (and, no, walks do not get postponed just because of human busyness), Hu-Dad realized he needed a photo for today’s blog. Typhoon volunteered but kept trying to stick his nose on the camera lens. Hu-Dad kept saying, “Not too close,” but, well…you can see the result.
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CSI: Floof Squad
The evidence speaks for itself. A defloofing occurred. A brushing in the fur-st degree. A hair-raising crime. Don’t worry, though, because our best investigators comb through the evidence, no matter how gruesome, to pluck out the root of the dastardly deed. This week’s episode of CSI: Floof Squad. Warning—Contains graphic content and really tangled puns.
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How To Help With Work
We’re back in Murrells Inlet preparing for the big move to Asheville. The humans busied themselves packing boxes. Being working breed dogs, we appreciate the value of strenuous effort. Typhoon decided the best way he could help with work was to nap strenuously in the yard. Amazingly, Hu-Dad agreed that work productivity increased with Typhoon outside—rare meeting of Royal and human minds.
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