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Bird Barrier
We have given many of you the impression that hu-dad is a dog geek. But he is much more of a geek than that! He is also a weather geek. Sitting in the middle of our field is this: Now a weather station has electronics, a wireless transmitter to our home internet, a solar panel…
Read Today's Herd StoryCool Celebrity Canine
Yesterday morning, hu-dad was working away in his study and we were sleeping working at our various tasks when hu-dad receives this comment on Facebook – Are you going to see Hugh Neff while he is in Maggie Valley? Now Hugh Neff is a long distance musher. As in raced in the Yukon Quest 13…
Read Today's Herd StoryContact Sport
Our grass is cut. The weather is cool, sunny, and beautiful. Who is ready for a little contact sport?
Read Today's Herd StoryFresh Cut Grass
As long-time readers know, we are always griping that the hu-dad needs to mow Sibe Quentin more often. We knew something was up when we got bully sticks in our crates (something about open gates and us – shrug) and heard the tractor crank up. When we emerged from our crates, we discovered we had…
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Changing of the Guard
Perimeter patrol is taken very seriously around Chez Herd. Like most security forces, we have our own changing of the guard ceremony.
Read Today's Herd StoryTechnical Update
Good Monday Morning, Dear Readers. Since Monday is a traditional back to work day, we wanted to give you a quick technical update on the website. You probably remember that we had a short survey about a week ago. We wanted to share the results with you. One hundred fifty-three (153) readers responded to the…
Read Today's Herd StoryHalf Century
Since we are all rescues, we don’t talk much about birthdays. We will celebrate Queen Natasha’s eleventh birthday come June 10, but the rest of us just celebrate Gotcha Days (the anniversary of our arrival at Chez Herd). Now this is just a little secret between us, ok? But seems like today is the hu-dad’s…
Read Today's Herd StoryWeird Weather
Yes, we know it is the middle of May, but we had quite the surprise weird weather yesterday. We had a brief snow squall lasting about 15 minutes during the afternoon and we were quite excited. Most people think of North Carolina as a warm weather state, but did you know that nearby Mount Mitchell,…
Read Today's Herd StoryPerfect Porch Day
Our Thursday was rainy, rainy, rainy – over an inch and a half of rain. Seems like a perfect porch day.
Read Today's Herd StoryThe Road Less Traveled
A routine walk does not have to be routine if you take the road less traveled, right, Kiska?
Read Today's Herd StoryTyphoon Temptations
Really, Typhoon is growing up and maturing. Just at his own pace. Slowly. And there are so many Typhoon Temptations.
Read Today's Herd StoryJust a Little Noise
So far this year, we have been fairly quiet with our spring weather. Yesterday, though, we had just a little noise from a small thunderstorm. For long time blog readers, you know that Frankie is the only member of The Herd that has issues with thunder. He comes to the hu-dad before the storm hits…
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