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Kodiak demonstrates the belly air cooled position Rusty demonstrates sophistication (and never sleep on the floor!)
Read Today's Herd StoryBack to Normal
Wooo. With a little rest, things are back to normal here at Chez Herd. See, left to right is Kodiak, Cheoah, Natasha, Qannik and Kiska. “Normal” Rusty – Playing to the side of the trail.
Read Today's Herd StoryLong Day
Woo, puppers, yesterday was a really long and tiring day for us. First, our humans decided we needed to be walked prior to going to the Downtown Dog Walk for Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation. Does that make sense to you – a walk before walking? Something about needing to burn morning energy off of us so…
Read Today's Herd StorySarge’s Dog Walk – TODAY
We are off this morning to participate in Sarge’s Dog Walk – which we have already told you about several times – like here and here and here. We did pick up our t-shirts yesterday. The front looks like this: The back looks like this: Oh – did you miss that? Let’s zoom in: Sarge…
Read Today's Herd StoryMorning Routine
The sun is rising at Chez Herd and it is going to be a beautiful day! Wrestling time. Qannik gives the starting Woo! Kiska goes in for the body block While Kiska chases Qannik, Kodiak mouths off at Natasha Queen Natasha returns fire, while Qannik looks to hu-dad for help Wonder why we call Qannik…
Read Today's Herd StoryDogs Need Calendars
Hey! Is it the weekend yet? Thursday? Only Thursday? Bummer.
Read Today's Herd StoryKodiak Getting Comfortable
Get comfortable? Sure I can get comfortable. See. Stretched out. More relaxed. Too relaxed?
Read Today's Herd StoryCan You See Me Now? Part II
A month ago, Qannik showed you his attempt at hiding in the brush. Many of you were correctly critical that Qannik might be able to hide in a snow bank, but the white fur does not hide him too well in brush. Kiska decided that she also wanted to try the hiding in the brush…
Read Today's Herd StoryCousin Tartok Working Hard
Warning, pups. Our humans went to our hu-grandparents house Saturday night and came back with disturbing stories about how hard our Cousin Tartok is working. Now we know that he, like us, is a member of the Working Dog class, but this amount of effort is totally exhausting. Please don’t attempt this without sufficient training…
Read Today's Herd StoryGood News
Good news for our big boy, Kodiak. Long time readers will remember that when we first adopted Kodiak, we discovered that he was heartworm positive and had to go through the difficult treatment. Fortunately, he came through that with flying colors and began adding weight, topping out around 60 lbs (27 kg). When we entered…
Read Today's Herd StoryCheoah Growing Up
Looking through some pictures of last weekend, I realized that “little” Cheoah is really maturing. We think she is two years old now and still has much puppy exuberance, but she is learning to be much calmer on the drop line. As evidenced below: Don’t I look all calm and relaxed? Bouncy? Me? Never. Sitting…
Read Today's Herd StoryMore Herd Publicity for Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation
Last May, we showed you a picture that ran in our local paper, The Mountaineer, of The Herd during Sarge’s Dog Walk. Yep, that is Kiska, Qannik, Rusty, Natasha and Kodiak from the 2007 walk (pre-Cheoah days). Imagine our surprise when we opened the Mountaineer this week and found a nice article about the upcoming…
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