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Locked Out Of House
You know that we pride ourselves on stringent security, but we might have gone overboard when the Hu-Dad was locked out of the house yesterday. Hu-Dad makes us sleep inside at night. He says that is because of all of the wild creatures such as bear, elk and bobcat in our woods. However, we think…
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Splish Splash
Despite a very warm week up here in the mountains, Cheoah remained the only member of the Herd to take some splish splash time in the new wading pool. Hu-Dad positioned our pool in different places to see if it would make any difference. Everyone takes the time to drink water from the pool, but…
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What Do I Do Now
We have all been there. You jumped into a situation without thinking it all the way through and find yourself asking, “What Do I Do Now?” No reader will be shocked to discover that Typhoon lives life with the “Pounce First” philosophy while rarely thinking of the consequences of his actions. Typhoon prefers to live life…
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Any Boom Will Do
Thunderstorms reappeared on our horizon and Frankie decided that he needed to be inside, though Hu-Dad suspected he was taking an any boom will do approach. We haven’t had any rain for several days, so yesterday’s predicted thunderstorms were welcome. Well, welcome to everyone except Frankie who insists loud noises are bad. So when Frankie…
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Didn’t See That Coming
Sometimes, things take a turn that you did not expect and all you can say is, “I didn’t see that coming.” Kiska had one of those moments yesterday. Hu-Dad asked Kiska if she wanted to go for a Jeep ride and she enthusiastically said yes. She was even pleasantly surprised to discover that she had…
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Basement Excavation
As our heat wave continues, Frankie decided to take over Cheoah’s basement excavation project under the coveted picnic table. Frankie is normally found on top of the picnic table and Cheoah underneath, but Frankie decided to seek out the cooler temperatures below. He had to expand it for his bigger body, but soon settled in…
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Wading Pool Failure
We had the hottest day at the house in three years which led to an event that we can only describe as the massive wading pool failure. If you haven’t figured it out already, Hu-Dad is geeky about lots of things and weather is one of them. We have our own weather station at Sibe…
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Hot, Hot Husky
We are having our first summer like temperatures of the year, so we have an abundance of hot, hot husky here at Chez Herd. The valley temperatures soared into the 80’s today and we still reached 76ºF (24ºC). Now we understand that many of you are dealing with much hotter weather than that, but, for…
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Happy 13th Birthday, Queen Natasha
All of us here at Chez Herd wish a very Happy 13th Birthday to Queen Natasha the Evil, who has been our fearless leader for a decade. Miss Natasha has certainly had her challenges in the last few years – TPLO surgery to repair her CCL – surgery to remove a 1.95 pound cancerous mass…
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Lawn Care Service Needed
The rainy weather of last week has transitioned to sunny this week, but Hu-Dad has been busy. That means we need some lawn care service! We had an extended stretch of stormy, rainy weather through Sunday. Since then, we have had bright blue skies and brilliant sunshine – absolutely perfect grass growing weather. Unfortunately, Hu-Dad…
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Wolves In The Wild Grasses
Prey rarely ventures out into open fields for fear of wolves in the wild grasses, stealthily hunting without being seen or heard. The wolf rules the prairies, taking prey easily with its swiftness of foot and fearsome abilities. The lower animals quiver in fear at its ferociousness and no one dares challenge its dominance. The…
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Don’t Be Late
After Sunday’s fiasco with Hu-Dad’s tardiness resulted in a late meal, we have a new rule for all of us – don’t be late for dinner ever again. Hu-Dad was sitting on the back deck taking photographs of us playing inside Sibe Quentin. As often happens, he did not know what the topic of today’s…
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