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Trying To Maintain Innocence
No matter how good you are, trying to maintain innocence around Chez Herd is incredibly difficult just because of your associates. The vast majority of time, Frankie Suave is the epitome of good. In fact, the others have often threatened to revoke his Siberian Husky membership card for actually coming when called, behaving in the…
Read Today's Herd StoryJust A Little Walk In The Park
Running errands in Asheville yesterday, so Hu-Dad decided it was a perfect morning for a little walk in the park – Herd style. Amazingly, six Siberian Huskies out for a little family stroll do draw some attention. However, we have one member of The Herd who can’t seem to do anything normally, and he did…
Read Today's Herd StoryZoomies From The Least Likely Subject
Many times, we have posted images and even a video of Typhoon Zoomies. But Hu-Dad caught the least likely subject racing around the yard yesterday. As Natasha’s arthritis has progressed, she has good days and not so good days, though she continues to be in good spirits. Well, good spirits for the Queen. She has…
Read Today's Herd StoryFrankie Furry Flurry – Film Friday
Yes, yes, Cheoah decided to create a Frankie Furry Flurry for Film Friday – and Hu-Dad could not be happier with that alliteration. Yes, we know, our Hu-Dad is geeky about grammar (and math, too). The funny part is that Hu-Dad never actually knows what he is going to capture with the camera. We rarely…
Read Today's Herd StorySecurity Alert – East Sector
When Queen Natasha calls a security alert in the east sector, the response is strong. Even Qannik managed to join the muster. Queen Natasha was handling security patrol solo when she spotted a threat. She called for backup and the response was swift. Even the Hu-Dad jumped at the sound of the alarm – camera…
Read Today's Herd StoryCool Days And Nights Are Coming
After a warm September (and summer before that), we are excited that cool days and nights are coming this week to Chez Herd True, Qannik, cool fall weather is perfect for napping. But isn’t that the same thing you say about hot summer days and cold winter days? Regardless, our lows are in the 30’s…
Read Today's Herd StoryMouth-Watering Baking Aroma
A certain young helper wandered into the kitchen, attracted by the mouth-watering baking aroma that Hu-Dad was busy creating. Hu-Dad had just finished sifting the dry ingredients and checked the recipe on his iPad. The ultimate kitchen supervisor had wandered in to assure that all quality control measures were being met. Hu-Dad reminded Typhoon of…
Read Today's Herd StoryLate Dinners Are Not Acceptable
Hu-Dad has this rule that dinner time is when he serves it. We, however, are quite clear that late dinners are not acceptable. Qannik began complaining loudly that dinner was entirely too late . . . at 5:15 p.m. Sometimes, our dinner is served as early as 5, but normally it is closer to 6.…
Read Today's Herd StoryRuby Loves Entertaining Guests
The giant grin on her face tells the story – Ruby loves entertaining guests that come to visit her, especially the Hu-Dad. Hu-Dad traveled across the valley last night to visit the Hu-Grandmom and our cousins Tartok and Ruby. Ruby adores all of the attention during the Hu-Dad’s visit. They had quite the conversation. Of…
Read Today's Herd StoryCheesewhiz Quiet Moment
When you have so many brothers and sisters, sometimes you just want a little peace as we see in this rare Cheesewhiz quiet moment. Everypup was outside snoozing on our covered porches. Hu-Dad glanced outside for a quick nose count and noted that we were one short. Normally, that would imply that Munchkin – aka,…
Read Today's Herd StoryFirst Autumn Evening 2016
We are celebrating the first autumn evening of the year. Every single one of us is included in today’s story and Film Friday. We are in a stretch of clear, cool evenings and sunny days. For us, that means lots of yard time and enjoying the cooler weather. And, yes, we are really looking forward…
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