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What is Qannik thinking?
Is running with K & R in the Rockies like running with The Herd in the Smokies? If this was Life with Dogs, we would have cute little balloon thoughts. Which does Bricey think is a worse first name – Snowflake (me) or Boris (Rusty)? Mostly, I am thinking of my beautiful twin sister Dakota. My special…
Read Today's Herd StoryLaska, Come Home
Most of you have heard this news, but on the off chance you have not – we interrupt our regularly scheduled blog . . . A Siberian Husky is a unique dog in one very frustrating way – we are an incredible escape artist. We can climb fences, dig giant holes and even unweave fence…
Read Today's Herd StoryRusty-versary
Five years ago today, Rusty the Rooster came to join our family. We were actually looking at another Siberian from Carolina Siberian Rescue, but when we went to look at Sunshine, Nikita was clear that she did not like him. Disappointed, we kept introducing one Siberian after another and either Nikita or Natasha made clear…
Read Today's Herd StoryQueen Natasha the Evil
When people meet Natasha, she will either be aloof or offer her ears for an appropriate scratching. But everyone sees this pretty girl and wonders why I refer to her as Queen Natasha the Evil. When you see her with the pack and she simply walks through them as they move out of her way,…
Read Today's Herd StoryConformity
Sometimes, you feel like walking with the pack: Sometimes, you don’t.
Read Today's Herd StoryFace Time
Are they trying to tell me something? Qannik Rusty & Kodiak
Read Today's Herd StoryMorning Hikes
Nothing quite like getting up at sunrise for an early hike Mist burning off of the lake Wildlife stirring Except for that getting up early part, of course.
Read Today's Herd StoryNot Exactly Walking Wednesday
We attempted to have a true Walking Wednesday video, but this happened instead. So here is not exactly Walking Wednesday:
Read Today's Herd StoryThe Revolt is Over
Thanks for all of your emails yesterday, but just wanted to be clear. No, The Herd did not revolt (they need us humans to deliver their food and scratch ears). The squirrels did not invade. The mountains did not collapse. And the mounds of shedding hair did not clog our computers. It was far more…
Read Today's Herd StoryHow to Relax
Before you try to emulate these pictures, we need to advise you that The Thundering Herd is a professional group of Siberians. It takes years of training in order to perfect the events that you see depicted below. So go slowly, pace yourself, and don’t be surprised if you can not quite achieve these stupendous…
Read Today's Herd StoryTrippy Trap Bridges
As we said yesterday, we are on another S-RV adventure. On Saturday, we went up into Kentucky to Cumberland Falls State Park. When we got to the falls area itself, the humans decided we should stay in our air-conditioned S-RV. The trail down to view the falls was fairly short and crowded with visitors. While…
Read Today's Herd StoryHappy Hearts and Happy Sibes
Many of you may remember the contest that Huffle was running. We had to complete the line “I think happy hearts cookies will help me to…” Our winning answer was: We think Happy Hearts Cookies will help us to: – make Queen Natasha the Evil less Evil – make Rusty the Rooster even more silly…
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