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Sun Rising and Dogs Waking
Early morning is a great time to watch the sun rising in the east as we dogs are waking for our daily adventures around Chez herd.
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The Return Of Frankie’s Shadow
With the budding friendship between Boom Boom and Cheesewhiz, many readers have asked when they will see the return of Frankie’s shadow.
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The Many Sleeping Poses Of Boom Boom
A few weeks ago, we shared Landon’s unique sleeping style, but we captured some more of the many sleeping poses of Boom Boom. Above would probably be best described as free style – no inanimate objects involved. But Landon’s most creative sleeping positions involve furniture, often the Hu-Dad’s desk. You may be wondering if Landon…
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Who Wants A Rain Party? Film Friday
We have had the freezing weather and the sunny weather, but who wants a rain party to interfere with our games around Chez Herd? As you will see from today’s video, the members of The Herd were not thrilled to discover a rainy, foggy day. And, sadly, today will not be any better. But Hu-Dad…
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Uncooperative Photography Subjects
Every day, we try to share three or four photos of us, but Hu-Dad says that can be quite challenging with uncooperative photography subjects. As an example, one second before the photo above, Kiska and Qannik were looking directly at the camera. Hu-Dad focused and snapped. The output is as you see it. “Come on,…
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Objects In Motion Sometimes Rest
Isaac Newton was a brilliant scientist whose theories impact research to this day, though Boom Boom’s own research broke Newton’s law about objects in motion. Newton’s first law, commonly known as the law of inertia, states that objects in motion tend to stay in motion and objects at rest tend to stay at rest. Oh,…
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Rainy Day Reactions From The Herd
Our weather finally warmed, just enough that snow flurries turned to rain. The rainy day reactions from The Herd sums up their feelings. Light snow flurries have fallen almost every day for the last week or two, but never strong enough to accumulate. That left us with bitterly cold temperatures and blustery winds, hardly fun…
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The Tastiest Picnic Table Spot
When we say we have found the tastiest picnic table spot, we don’t mean the best location for the picnic table but the best spot on the table itself. Our picnic table is many things to us. The ideal location to play a little King (or Queen) Siberian of the Hill. The perfect sentry post…
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Boundary Brothers / Bounding Brothers
As boundary brothers, Frankie and Typhoon were enthralled with something beyond the fence. And then they were bounding brothers back to the house. Hu-Dad glanced out the window Sunday morning and noticed that Frankie and Typhoon were sitting at the of the yard staring through the fence. Despite a great deal of scrutiny through the…
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Purposeful Mission In Cold Weather
We have shared the dogs who enjoy our frigid weather, but some prefer a purposeful mission be completed quickly in these cold temperatures Unlike some other members of The Herd, Frankie prefers snuggling in the covers on the human bed or curled up on his blanket in Hu-Dad’s study. He is Hu-Dad’s velcro dog –…
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Frigid Morning Friends – Film Friday
While the humans barricade themselves indoors from our cold temperatures, a couple of frigid morning friends frolic in this week’s Film Friday. Like much of the rest of the U.S. and Canada, we are socked into a cold weather pattern. Below 0ºF temperatures and brisk winds may chase the humans inside, but it is perfect…
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The Calendar Marches On For Everyone
We provide a certain supplement to every dog of a certain age. Guess who just discovered the calendar marches on for them? As many of you know, Hu-Dad had the grand opportunity of having two dogs recovering from TPLO surgery at the same time. First, Natasha tore her cranial cruciate ligament (CCL, much like the ACL…
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