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Somebody is Sitting at my Table

March 13, 2014 |

Frankie has a complaint to register. He wandered out to his picnic table to do his daily surveillance work and discovered . . . somebody is sitting at my table.

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Protecting Our Flank

March 12, 2014 |

Yesterday was another one of those beautiful, spring-like days – the last we will have for several days, so we took advantage with another end-of-day walk down the ranch road in the picture above. Wait. Why are there only five member of The Herd in formation? Who would break rank?

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The Advantage of Daylight Savings Time

March 11, 2014 |

Sure, our morning came early and the humans were stumbling around in the dark getting ready for the day. Even Typhoon tried to get extra shut-eye time before heading outside yesterday morning. But there is a great advantage of Daylight Savings Time – we can walk in the evening without the humans needing flashlights. We…

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Patented Cheoah Spring Slide

March 10, 2014 |

Cheoah is well-known for the Patented Cheoah Snow Slide. In order to savor the wonderful, wintry gift of snow, Cheoah throws her entire body into snow and just slides in it. In the classic picture below from 2011, she is teaching Big Red (aka, Kodiak), the joys of snow sliding. While we had snow on…

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Spring Walks

March 9, 2014 |

Don’t you love the month of March? Friday, we had snow and winter. Saturday, we had sunshine and spring. We just go with the flow so yesterday was a great day for spring walks.

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Bonus Snow Day

March 8, 2014 |

We woke up Friday morning to an unexpected, fresh 2 inches of snow. It will not last long with sunny, warm weather predicted for the weekend, but we are always excited by a bonus snow day.

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Frankie Friday – The Action Version

March 7, 2014 |

End of the week, so a perfect time for another Frankie Friday! This time, we have the action version.

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Trapped at the Office

March 6, 2014 |

Hu-dad was working late in his study. He had his best two helpers, Typhoon and Frankie, in the study with him. Of course, that had nothing to do with keeping a certain youngster contained in a small space and being watched carefully by his big brother. Looks like everyone was trapped at the office.

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Suppertime Dance

March 5, 2014 |

A young Typhoon engaging in a Siberian Husky Suppertime Dance with a twist—an eight foot vertical leap over and over.

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Tangled Typhoon

March 4, 2014 |

As we mentioned yesterday, Typhoon had a little mishap while hiking Sunday. We live in a part of the country where numerous vines, such as kudzu, grow with abandon in the woods. Though they die back in the winter, getting tangled in those vines can be challenging. And so we present a Tangled Typhoon. A…

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Back on the Trails

March 3, 2014 |

While we love the winter, many of our favorite trails are inaccessible – either because the roads to the trail heads are closed or because the trails themselves are covered with snow and ice. With spring-like weather in our area, we were able to venture to a real trail Sunday. It felt great to be…

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Puppies in the Park

March 2, 2014 |

After waking to fresh, light snow on the ground, our day became sunny and warm – perfect weather for some long walks. We weren’t the only ones with that idea, because we ran into lots and lots of puppies in the park. Now, of course, we like to think we are always the cutest dogs…

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