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And The Winner Is . . .
To date, your contributions have totaled $2,068 to Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation. The real winners in this contest will be the animals that Sarge’s will be able to help because of your generosity. But we also promised to announce three more winners today. First up, the member of The Herd who received the most Valentines.…
Read Today's Herd StorySnow Week – Day 6 – Icicle
With another fresh 3 inches of snow overnight, even the dogs are ready for some sunshine. We opened the door this morning to blowing wind and snow – Kiska looked at the hu-dad and walked back into her crate. The hu-dad could only nod and agree. Fortunately, the weather changed to a sunny, but cool…
Read Today's Herd StorySnow Week – Day 5
Friday started out sunny and clear – an absolutely beautiful day that reminds us how lucky we are to live in this area. Hope you enjoy some of the sights and views as we move to Day 5 of Snow Week. ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** Wow!…
Read Today's Herd StorySnow Week – Day 4 – Natasha
Reviewing the photographs of Snow Week from yesterday, we realized that we had really captured the spirit of our fearless leader – Queen Natasha the Evil. Today’s post is dedicated to the puppy that explodes out of 10 year old Natasha whenever it snows. ***** ***** ***** ***** …
Read Today's Herd StorySnow Week – Day 3
Yes, we are on our third round of snow for the week which is to last into Thursday. And, then, just to make things fun, we will get a fourth round late on Friday. The humans, amazingly, are grumbling, but we think it is awesome. As we have been doing all week, we just want…
Read Today's Herd StorySnow Week – Day 2
As often happens in predicting weather in these mountains, Monday’s flurries turned into 3 inches of snow and yesterday’s 1-2 inches never materialized. So much for Snow Week Day 2! The Herd was a little disappointed in our lack of fresh powder. The big event is still predicted for Wednesday, so we will see what…
Read Today's Herd StorySnow Week – Day 1
This time of year, it is common for us to have some snow flurries and snow showers almost every day. But this week’s forecast hinted that we would see more than normal. Our Monday forecast was for snow flurries with little or no accumulation (meaning an inch or less). Well, we ended up with about…
Read Today's Herd StoryOverconfident
Qannik here. With my commanding lead in fundraising for the Valentines Hearts for The Herd Contest, I have been very confident around Chez Herd. Maybe slightly overconfident. ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** Don’t worry, Qannik, your real bragging rights are that you are way in the lead…
Read Today's Herd StorySaturday Sunshine Siesta
Saturday was one of those sunny but cool days we get a lot in the mountains. So, of course, this meant it was Saturday Sunshine Siesta time in the yard!
Read Today's Herd StorySiberian Whisperings
Hu-dad is always saying we plot and plan against him, some sort of weird Siberian whisperings of conspiracy or something. Who, us? ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** $560 raised so far for Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation with just a week to go before Valentines Day. The contest…
Read Today's Herd StoryMystery of the Muddy Paw Prints
Today, we bring you one of those great mystery stories. Somehow, someway, mysterious muddy paw prints have appeared inside the house. Hu-dad wants to solve the Mystery of the Muddy Paw Prints! ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** We received another $90 in yesterday’s mail, so our total…
Read Today's Herd StoryTyphoon Going to the Good Side
With just over a week to go in the Valentines Hearts for The Herd contest, Typhoon has realized his bad boy image is not garnering him the lead in Valentines. So he is going to the good side of things and see if that will work. ***** ***** ***** …
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