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Big Dogs – Up Close and Personal
As we said yesterday, we loaded the Herd into the S-RV (Siberian Recreational Vehicle) and took off to the beach. On Saturday, we drove down to one of my favorite cities, Charleston, SC. If you have never been, I highly recommend it. The city was founded in 1670 and was one of the largest cities…
Read Today's Herd StoryBeach
The weather forecast for this past weekend at the house was cold rain (2 inches (5 cm)). Temps in the 30°’s F (low single digits celsius) with lots of rain and showers. Yuck! Nope, believe it or not, that is not Cheoah’s face grimacing at the weather. That is her entertaining herself by the “hooking…
Read Today's Herd StoryBreedism
We have complained before about Breedism, the assumption that a Siberian Husky is this poorly behaved wild child. Where does that reputation come from? Sigh. Anyway, we have yet another example clipped out of our local newspaper: On a totally different topic, we posted this link on Sibernet-L, an internet list-serv for Siberian Husky fans,…
Read Today's Herd StorySleepy
Nothing is quite as comfortable as a sunny day, a warm spot in the grass, and the relaxation that comes from a nice long walk. Right Natasha? Ok, maybe there is one thing more comfortable. Kodiak would like to explain. Grass is nice, but Qannik makes the fluffiest pillow around.
Read Today's Herd StoryEducating a Ranger
After a hike, I often use a picket line to let the dogs rest while I water them down. The end result are pictures like this: Rusty Kodiak Kiska If you were to drive up on the scene, the purpose of the picket line would become abundantly clear as you looked over at…
Read Today's Herd StoryWalking Wednesday – Mt Pisgah
We want to go up there. Yep, from here. First spring-like weekend of the year and the roads were open to get to one of our summer hiking trails, so we took advantage. We have shown you panoramic views from the top a couple of times before – if you want to see them, check…
Read Today's Herd StoryStraw Day
Guess what we got? Natasha is checking it out: So is Qannik, but he is being shy because Bricey revealed his secrets: I fought the dog food bag and the dog food bag won. *** Sigh *** Ok, let’s go check it out: Yep, we got fresh straw down in the dog lot. Since we…
Read Today's Herd StoryTracking the Snow Thief
While we were out yesterday, Natasha was working hard to track down the Snow Thief. Here she is following the Snow Thief’s scent: Unfortunately, the trail ran cold. Er, warm. Oh, whatever:
Read Today's Herd StoryHot!
Wow. It got much, much hotter yesterday than predicted – 80°F (27°C) in the valley according to weather.com – just 1 degree off of our record high for the day. Considering that a week ago, we were walking in snow, this is weird. Our low this morning of 34°F (1°C) was higher than our highs…
Read Today's Herd StorySmile
Happy Saturday to everyone. An absolutely gorgeous day here with lots of sun and a high in the 60’s predicted (almost 20 C), so we are headed out to go hiking and enjoy a nearly spring day. True, we preferred last week’s snow, but the humans seem really energetic today, so we better take them…
Read Today's Herd StoryGrowl
Dear Humans – I’m mad. Can you tell? Wednesday morning, you made me miss breakfast. Breakfast. That, may I remind you, is a meal. Food. Need I remind you of how I get when breakfast is late? And this wasn’t late. This was missed. Gone. For what? A visit to the V-E-T. That’s two strikes.…
Read Today's Herd StoryTidbits
Nothing in particular today, but a few tidbits of information: ********** Poor Natasha and Kodiak. Yesterday morning, they figured out something was up when breakfast was served and they didn’t get any. Ruh-Roh – it is time for the V-E-T. They failed to pay attention to Zim’s instruction of Dental Health Month and had to…
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