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Resting and Recharging
While we may not have snow, we have to admit that the weather is pretty nice for lots of “tackle- wrestle-bitey face-body slam-tag you’re it” games. For some odd reason, Hu-Dad likes to see all of those games. Well, at least he likes the resting and recharging that occurs after the games. We try to…
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Making Our Demands Heard
We all have things we want and we need others to respond. Today, Typhoon demonstrates a way of making our demands heard. Yes, we are a week into December and still have no snow on the ground. In fact, notice how green our grass is. We are finally seeing freezing weather each night, but our…
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Battling For the Spotlight
Hu-Dad had a simple plan. Go outside, get a few photographs of Queen Natasha the Evil, and build a blog post around her. Little did he realize that someone else would be battling for the spotlight. Who could possibly object to the Queen being the center of a blog post? Who would even dare to…
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Meaningless Guilty Looks
Any dog owner is familiar with the guilty looks canine companions give, even though they actually do not mean guilt or innocence. Numerous studies have been conducted to see if canines really feel guilt. In a recent Cambridge University study, owners left their dogs in a room with a treat on a table. Some of…
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Mistaken Identity
If you come from a large family and have a lot of brothers and sisters, you certainly remember moments of mistaken identity. Trust us that it happens in large canine families, too. After all of the rain earlier this week, we were enjoying the sunny weather yesterday. Other than a couple of short trips inside,…
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Alternative Plans
Cold weather has finally returned to our mountain which means our neighbors at Cataloochee Ski fired up their snow guns. We, of course, still do not have any snow, so we had to resort to alternative plans. Unfortunately for us, the cold air is also dry air and we have no snow mentioned in our…
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Creating A Desire Path
Your vocabulary word of the day—desire path—a short-cut trail created from the erosion caused by animal foot-falls or by humans. Desire paths are so-named because that is the desired route. They can often be seen where humans have tried to establish an “official” route with sidewalks or hiking trails, but others come along and create a…
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Rain, Rain, And More Rain
We are entering day 4 of rain, rain, and more rain. “They” say sunshine is coming soon and we are so ready. We have entered December with much the same weather as we had in November – warm and rainy. Our temperature has barely moved 4 degrees in the last several days – all much…
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The Trouble With Brothers
Anyone with siblings – especially multiple siblings, knows the trouble with brothers or sisters. They can be pests. Come on, Cheesewhiz, it can’t possibly be that bad. Give us just one example of a brother who causes you grief. Fair enough. We are all very familiar with Typhoon and his mischievous ways. Always looking for a…
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Watching the Sunrise
Our decks face due East, so we can often be found sitting there watching the sunrise. We do, of course, each have unique morning practices. Chief of Security Kiska patrols the fence line first thing every morning while Queen Natasha the Evil supervises (and Qannik tags along in case anything exciting happens). Once the perimeter…
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Hazards of Dog Photography
As our official photographer, Hu-Dad is well aware of the hazards of dog photography. Periodically, we like to remind him of the dangers. Hu-Dad sat on the steps of the deck and took some photos of us around the yard. When the inevitable game of chase broke out, the camera was taking pictures in a…
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Doubting Qannik
Poor Qannik is forever picked on by his siblings because of his, er, special logic skills. But even Mr. Gullible can become Mr. Doubting Qannik. Now that Thanksgiving has passed, we can our turn attention to our favorite holiday of the year – Christmas. And all kids know that Santa Claus expects you to be…
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