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Beautiful Weather

July 19, 2009 |

Hope all of you are having a great weather weekend like we are.  The day was absolutely spectacular here: Funny thing about weather in the mountains.  The variability can be really crazy.  We told you that the predicted high yesterday was 69 F (20 C).  Well, the official high ended up being 74 F (23…

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Happy Saturday

July 18, 2009 |

Current Temperature – 47 F / 8 C Current Conditions: Saturday Forecast – Sunny, High of 69 F / 20 C Forecasted Result: Happy Saturday!

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Smells Funny

July 17, 2009 |

This shadow smells funny – Kiska

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Frying Pan Mountain

July 16, 2009 |

A number of you asked about Frying Pan Mountain, one of the mountains we hiked this past weekend and mentioned in yesterday’s video.  So we did a little research and tried to find out where the name came from.  The first piece of information was that the name came from the nearby Fryingpan Gap.  Well,…

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Walking Wednesday

July 15, 2009 |
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Hot & Humid

July 14, 2009 |

We think a lot of pups out there will share in our sentiment right now – it is hot and humid.  We may not see the 90F (30C) some of you see, but we still think that some afternoons can be a pretty warm.  Hope everypup is getting plenty of fresh water and shade (if…

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Dog Detective

July 13, 2009 |

The Victim wearing his new collar Rusty the Rooster The Accused (in the slammer) Cheoah the Chewer The Evidence We all wear Keep Safe Break Away Collars from Chinook, but there is a problem.  Cheoah finds the collar to be an incredible tool during wrestling matches and the collar, as it supposed to, breaks away.…

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Normal Day

July 12, 2009 |

So, after all of the festivities yesterday, did we get any leftovers? Nope!  It seems our humans found out that the Open Door Soup Kitchen of Waynesville was serving hot dogs for dinner last night because that is all that they had.  So all of our leftover barbeque, chicken, vegetables and so on went there.…

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Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary

July 11, 2009 |

The Herd would like to pause and wish our hu-grandparents (our cousin Tartok’s mom and dad) a Very Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary.  What a spectacular couple they are: And here, in a very special picture, is our hu-great-granddad (whom we never met, but our hu-dad remembers fondly) escorting our hu-grandmother down the aisle: An anniversary…

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Regal – or Not

July 10, 2009 |

Doesn’t Natasha look very regal? Except, of course, for the dirt on the tongue and muzzle

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Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation

July 9, 2009 |

We have written about this excellent organization before, but The Herd wants to take a moment to talk about Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation.  We just signed up as a sponsor of the annual Downtown Waynesville Dog Walk.  Yep, we have walked in the event for the past few years, as evidenced by this newspaper photo…

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Getting Comfortable

July 8, 2009 |

Halfway through a hike, Cheoah takes a break Is that a bug? Where is my pillow? Is this how Whitney (er, Khyra) would do it?

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