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Enthusiasm
Two key pieces of information explain this picture. 1) The dog area does not have any grass in it. None. To be clear, I do not have any problem with grass. Would be glad to seed the area. But The Herd likes the various excavation projects and no plant stands a chance of surviving inside the dog…
Read Today's Herd StoryHappy Hearts
Woooooo! We are celebrating! Our cat buddy, Huffle, was running a contest where the prize was Happy Hearts Cookies! Here was our entry: We think Happy Hearts Cookies will help us to: – make Queen Natasha the Evil less Evil – make Rusty the Rooster even more silly – make Kiska’s wooly coat even woolier…
Read Today's Herd StoryBlowing Coat
One curse of Siberians is the semi-annual coat blowing. It is really hard to describe exactly how much fur is involved. Ammy of the A04 demonstrated just the other day (to which Huffle asked if Zim had exploded – chuckling). And even Khyra, in all her perfectness, had evidence of coat blowing around her in…
Read Today's Herd StoryFurry Feet
Yesterday, we posted about Kiska’s great sentry duty, but also about her furry ears. Just in case you thought the wooly coat trait stopped there, we thought we would share another picture of Kiska taken this past Sunday. Imagine the fun she has blowing coat.
Read Today's Herd StorySentry Duty
We have shown you pictures this week of several of The Herd falling asleep after our Sunday afternoon hike. But one member of The Herd must remain alert and on sentry duty. That task fell to Kiska who was taking her job very seriously. Aren’t those eyes intent? The stare piercing? The face serious? The…
Read Today's Herd StoryComfortable?
During one of our hikes on Sunday, we stopped for a while in a very rocky area. Not exactly a place with cool grasses to lay in or dirt that could be moved around to make a nice bed. But somehow, Qannik figured out a way to make it comfortable anyway. First, of course, you…
Read Today's Herd StoryProtecting a Reputation
The Op Pack said something really awful the other day. Don’t you remember. They said, “But don’t let Natasha fool you, she really isn’t as evil as her humans make her out to be.” Well, Natasha is scrambling to protect her reputation as Queen Natasha the Evil. She wants to make sure we share the…
Read Today's Herd StoryAdventures with Ari
Because of my work, the vast majority of reading I do is work related. But every now and then, I find a non-work related book that just grabs my attention. Adventures with Ari: A Puppy, A Leash, and Our Year Outdoors by Kathryn Miles is one of those books. I just finished the book yesterday and…
Read Today's Herd StoryIntroducing a Friend
Qannik is so incredibly honored. He – and the rest of The Herd – were introduced in a very touching tribute on the Op Pack’s blog just yesterday. Since he is such a fan of his older twin Dakota, he is almost embarrassed with all of the fuss: Here is the deal. Daisy had a birthday and…
Read Today's Herd StoryHappy Mom’s Day
We often get the question as to why we have six Siberian Huskies. My usual answer is, because I don’t have room for seven. Of course, my answer to why we had three used to be that we didn’t have room for four. Regardless, we recognize that taking six dogs somewhere can be a handful.…
Read Today's Herd StoryPunishment
This picture is our proof: Yep, that would be sunrise. On a Saturday morning. The Saturday the humans planned to sleep in a little. Until we had a big wrestling match. On the bed. With them in the bed. Amazingly, we got invited to “go outside.” But it was too late. They were awake. And…
Read Today's Herd StoryShame
We blame this on our human assistant. Seriously, we are all way too cute to actually make a mistake on our own and the bi-peds are clearly inferior to our intellect and skills. After all, they go “work” every day so that they can earn enough money to feed us, entertain us, transport us, etc.…
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