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The Honeymoon Is Officially Over
Anyone who has adopted a rescue dog knows of the period of time when the dog is on his best behavior. With Landon, we know the honeymoon is officially over.
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Neighborhood Snow, But Not For Us
Life is so unfair for some Siberian Huskies since we had a neighborhood snow, but none at Chez Herd. How can that happen?
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Orange Beast Destroyed Our Basement
A horrible, horrible orange beast invaded Sibe Quentin yesterday and destroyed our basement that we had carefully constructed over the summer.
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Working and Playing – Film Friday
Chores around Chez Herd have to be completed, so we believe in a healthy mix of working and playing. The humans work and we play. Normally, Hu-Dad just lets the fallen leaves rot. With all of the wildfires around us this year, however, he decided to remove the leaves closest to the house. We established…
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Cheoah Snow Slide Practice
Our first winter snow might be late, but that doesn’t prevent Cheoah from her patented snow slide practice. She will be ready. For our newer readers, Cheoah has always enjoyed her snow slide – flattening her body into piles of snow and pushing her way through drifts. This technique maximizes the amount of snow that…
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Qannik’s Braking System Failure
Hu-Dad was having a quiet conversation with Kiska when he heard the approaching threat and predicted the braking system failure. Yes, Q, this one is dedicated to His Fluffiness. Hu-Dad was leaning over having a simple chat and ear scratch session with Miss Kiska when Q spotted them from deep in the yard. Q runs…
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What Is That Clicky Thing?
Landon (aka, Boom-Boom) has been at Chez Herd for four weeks now and only wants to know why Hu-Dad keeps following him around with a clicky thing. Yes, Hu-Dad is forever following us or sneaking a look at us while using that funny little picture-taking device. He says the candid shots are the hardest because…
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Wildfire Update – We Are Safe And Smoky
Many of you have asked how we are doing with all of the wildfires in our region. The short wildfire update is simple – safe and smoky. As the above map shows, we are sitting right smack in the middle of a stretch of wildfires covering Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, and North and South Carolina.…
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Brothers Bonding At Chez Herd
As Landon is completing his fourth week at Chez Herd, we are enjoying watching the brothers bonding and figuring each other out. As always, you can never totally predict who will end up being the best friends. Everyone is getting along well, but we had anticipated that Typhoon and Landon would be the best buddies…
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Chewy Sent Us Bear Free Food
You probably remember bear burglars had the audacity to steal some of our food. No worries, because Chewy sent bear-free food. Chewy was one of our very first comments on our Facebook page and our Twitter feed. They wanted to replace the eaten food. But, we protested, this wasn’t their fault. Let’s face it, the…
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Playing In The Leaves Of Fall
A couple of weeks ago, our trees were covered with brilliant color, but now we are playing in the leaves of fall covering our ground. By the way, you will discover that Landon’s first nickname has been applied – Boom Boom. We can’t really explain its origin, but it just came out of Hu-Dad’s mouth…
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Qannik’s Sparkly Smile and Good Health
Qannik greets the new day with a sparkly smile after receiving the best news from all of his medical tests. Now we just diet. Fair enough. Qannik is not in a smiling mood, but he does have shiny white teeth. His lab results all came back perfectly normal, so we opted to go ahead and…
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