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Soggy Days
After a week of snowy weather, we have been in melt mode for the last couple of soggy days. And we get a few more days of snow this week, too, so it is just that time of year. With all of the melting snow, of course, is plenty of mud and water everywhere. While…
Read Today's Herd StoryIt’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s A . . .
We had just completed our walk around Carrier Park in Asheville when Kiska became very enthralled with a creature flying through the air. The creature kept circling, flying low, flying high, and as clearly focused on us as Kiska was on it. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a . . . Yes, a…
Read Today's Herd StoryCan You Resist?
According to some historians, as dogs began to domesticate humans . . . Oh, sure, there are some historians who suggest that humans domesticated dogs, but we tend to reject those crackpot theories. Where were we? Oh, yes, as dogs began to domesticate humans, dogs learned to train the humans to provide them food and…
Read Today's Herd StoryMe and My Shadow
Frankie is the most angelic of dogs and quite unlike a Siberian Husky in so many ways. For example, he comes when called. Well, almost always. He behaves in the house. He rarely causes trouble. He is just a good dog. And Typhoon is, well, . . . not. He is always the instigator. He…
Read Today's Herd StorySome Snowy Scenes
We have been celebrating an actual winter all week long (with apologies to our Northeastern US friends who have apparently stolen every bit of our winter). Our low yesterday was -7ºF (-22ºC) and our high was 9ºF (-13ºC) and our wind chill was -24ºF (-31ºC), we had several inches of fresh snow on the ground…
Read Today's Herd StoryThe Queen and Snow
As we have mentioned, our winter has been very strange with very little snow since Thanksgiving – just the occasional dusting of a couple of inches at a time. This week has finally been a little more normal with a couple of inches every day or so and some snow building on the ground. Everyone…
Read Today's Herd StoryOur Favorite Valentine’s Cards
While our Valentine’s Hearts for the Herd Contest might be over, we continue to receive Valentine’s cards. Your contributions to Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation now stands at $1705! We also wanted to share our favorite Valentine’s Cards. One of our readers is a teacher who shares our page with her Special Education class. The class prepared…
Read Today's Herd StoryRobbed Again
The weather predictions were lovely (if you are a Herd of Siberian Huskies). Up to a foot of snow along the Tennessee / North Carolina line. We haven’t seen a foot of snow all winter long and haven’t seen more than an inch of snow in any storm since Thanksgiving Day. So our hopes were…
Read Today's Herd StorySpring is Coming Soon
At sunrise, our temperature was -1ºF (-18ºC), but some pup in our house is predicting that spring is coming soon. Some of you may think Typhoon was up to something in the above picture. Of course, that wouldn’t be a bad guess because Typhoon is ALWAYS up to something, but that is not the point of…
Read Today's Herd StorySunday Snoozing
We are supposed to have a raw, cold, windy day, so it will be a perfect time for Sunday Snoozing. We started practicing early.
Read Today's Herd StoryHappy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day to all of our great readers. As of yesterday’s mail, you had contributed $1,625 to Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation as a part of the Second Annual Valentine’s Hearts for the Herd. We will add any additional checks that come in the mail and let you know in a few days the final…
Read Today's Herd StoryWhat Happened to Our Sunshine?
Mountain weather is always unpredictable and today’s post is a great example of that. In fact, the weather is so unpredictable that it made today’s blog post unpredictable. When Hu-dad took this first picture around 10 a.m., he thought the post was going to be about Typhoon’s funny sleeping position. Yesterday morning was fairly warm (about…
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