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Singing in the Rain
The fun part of any group of canines is that you get to know their eccentricities. For example, what member of The Herd is most likely to be found singing in the rain? Typhoon can sometimes be found playing in the rain, and sometimes taking cover, but Qannik seems to have a consistent pattern of…
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Monday Morning Challenge
Yes, it is Monday. And, yes, we know that every Monday can have its pitfalls. But we wanted to give you a particularly difficult Monday Morning Challenge. We know that many of you check our blog during your breakfast time. Sipping your coffee. Biting a bagle. Maybe having some bacon. So, go ahead, look deep…
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Naps Are Difficult
Sometimes, naps are difficult. You know you want to just rest for a little bit, but there is always something that is preventing a nice, relaxing nap. Sometimes your mind just races with things to do, but our challenge tends to come in the package of a little brother.
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Photobomb
Hu-dad was sitting on the deck floor taking pictures of Typhoon. Cheoah decided that she wanted some attention, too. The result is this photobomb. Typhoon sure doesn’t look happy at having his spotlight hogged, so he responded in the normal way. And what of big brother Frankie? His opinion of all of this?
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Just Modeling
Some days, we don’t really have a story of something unusual that happened. Yesterday, we had the usual security perimeter patrols, wrestling matches, and weird sleeping positions. As Hu-Dad scanned his photos of us, though, he was most struck at how Kiska was just modeling for the camera. Even while napping in a quiet corner, she…
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Suspicious Behavior
Hu-Dad always seems to be on the lookout for suspicious behavior, the tell-tale sign that one of us has been up to something fun, er, something we aren’t supposed to do. Hu-Dad had a meeting in town yesterday, so he was gone from the house for several hours. When he returned, we inspected him closely.…
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Inside Rules
This may seem strange to the rest of our canine pals, but we have outside rules and inside rules. Outside, we can run, wrestle and create havoc to the best of our abilities. Inside, we have to be on our best behavior. You know, sort of like this . . . Are the rules the…
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A Slight Detour
Just when everything is going great, you take a slight detour and end up somewhere you totally do not expect. Ever happen to you? We spent the weekend hiking trails in the mountains, enjoying the perfect weather. So with such a perfect weekend, what possible detour could happen? No worries. Just a regular exam for…
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Memorial Day 2015
Here in the United States, today is Memorial Day, the day we pause and honor the men and women who have died while serving in our military. Their sacrifice gives us the freedom we have today and we are forever grateful. The pictures we are sharing with you today were all taken at Greenhill Cemetery in…
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Hiking With The Herd (Mills River Valley to Elk Pasture Gap)
We continued our hiking with the herd along the Mountains to Sea Trail yesterday by covering the Mills River Vally to the Elk Pasture Gap stretch. This is an easy stretch of the trail with minimal altitude changes and terrific views. As we normally do, we hung out at the turn around point long…
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Triple Synchronized Sleeping
We have demonstrated many times our masterful skills at synchronized sleeping, but usually that includes a pair of us. Yesterday morning was fairly cool (a low of 37ºF or 3ºC), so we all wanted the sunny spot for a morning nap. Thus, we demonstrated the ever difficult Triple Synchronized Sleeping!
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Why We Walk
Hu-dad takes us on really long walks every evening. We wonder why we walk so much? Don’t get us wrong. We love our walks. We get to explore nature. Hunt rabbits. Sniff horse apples (yes, since we walk horse trails, the horses love leaving us gifts on the trail!). Yes, yes, Typhoon, some of us walk…
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