As we have explained before, we live beside Cataloochee Ranch, a thousand acre ranch with lots of horses. Many visitors to the area will rent horses from the ranch and go on guided rides through the ranch, the neighboring properties, or into the Great Smoky Mountain National Park (a somewhat large neighbor of ours). Thus, when we are out for walks, it is very common to pass some of these “big dogs.”
Whoa! Look at that!
Come play with us, Big Dogs
A family out for a Sunday morning ride.
One of the ranch hands making sure that their guests stay safe.
One of the ranch hands was one who saw us a few months ago when The Herd got Out Herded – and she remembered it.
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For those of you who are not members of our Facebook Fan Page – www.facebook.com/TheThunderingHerd – you may not have seen this article in the Asheville Citizen-Times. Just wanted to share.
Horse dogs are the best! Mom has six of them at home. One of them is a bit mischievous but we get along well. I put my paws in their water buckets (great cooling system!) and sleep on their hay!
These guys look very healthy and I’m happy you have them under control!
Greetings from Niger,
Sheba
Must be fun to live next to ‘big dogs’!
We’ve got five of those big dogs too! We have yet to show Monty them, we just think it would be too much for the boy!
Sam
My Momma luvs the big dogs it is part of the reason she wants to emi-great as she knows she can gets a job with the big dogs
Luvs
Molly
hey t-herd, funnie they don’t seem to mind 6 sibes staring at them! i would:)
TM
Woos herd! Those are some big doggies woo live by. Is Rusty still jingling? I took my jingle bell off and “lost” it. Mom was using it to scare away the birds and squirrels, I have my own methods.
~~husky kisses~~
-Kira The BeaWootiful
I grew up with some of those big dogs! I have a feeling that The Herd could be a lot more fun to go for a walk with, though.
Very cool article about you leading the charge. I hope you at least got enough money in to get the t-shirt!
No surprise to us that you all are headliners!!! We only wish we could walk behind you in that walk for such a good cause.
Those big dogs are beautiful.
Woos ~ Phantom, Thunder, and Ciara
We had NO idea that we live in a neighbor state to you guys!!!
Woofs and Kisses!
The Fiesty Three
I wish I lived near some big dogs! I think I would have fun sniffing them!
Cool article!
Mochi
Now we know that huskies are the perfect sized dog. You guys wouldnt want a human to ride on you, its bad enough you have to pull them on their sleds and digglers.
Poor big dogs, we hope their backs dont get sore.
Remy and Flash
I bet they would be SO much fun to zoom with too!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
I saw big dogs like that at the rodeo!
Play bows,
Zim
They are mighty big dogs! They don’t smell like digs but they do smell good!
I love watching horses, but don’t really know enough about them to get near them, but they sure are beautiful.
Love the body language! As for the comment you left me today, “you never leave pee mail on human legs”, yeah right!
Twinkie
Wow, those are some really big dogs! Did they want to play?
That’s really cool! I live wif a small pony myself.
I do.
I mean… have you SEEN the Bleu???
I rest my case.
wif love from the Luke
When I was a pup, dad held me in his lap while he rode one of those dogs…they smelled funny and I fell asleep from the rocking stride!
Oh yes, we’ve worked plenty on not getting too excited on those big dogs out here in CO! But sometimes, a little doggie just can’t help it!
Best to stay clear of big dogs. They have hard feet.
oh wow! Make sure to be extra careful around those
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