Hey, hu-dad, what are you working on?

Oh, I see you already have help.

We have both sides covered - sort of a Stereo Sibe set-up

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Did you guess what was wrong with the video yesterday? Several of you noticed that at 0:35 in the video, the driver turned the heat up. Totally a Sibe faux pas – we want the heat turned down. Of course, we do laugh at the look shot at the driver right after that. It is sort of the look we give the hu-dad when he does something we don’t like.

Will the weekend ever get here?

Cheoah the Cheesewhiz here. Now don't I look comfortable here?

One of my pals is not so comfortable tonight and we want to help.

So look deeply into these eyes (yes, they are both parti-eyes) and click the chip-in below.

With all seriousness, our good friend KB of Romping and Rolling in the Rockies is having quite the challenging time. As many of you know, her heart dog, K, has been given a very difficult medical finding. Several of us have tried to figure out the best way to help and think we have found an answer.

Siblings K and R share a single Memory Foam Dog Bed – and R has become quite the hog. With all of the medical treatments, K needs her own memory foam bed to be comfortable. We have created a chip-in to raise those funds and get K the comfort she deserves. Anything extra we raise will go directly to KB to help.

So lookly deeply in those Cheesewhiz eyes and click the chip-in below.

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Cheesewhiz RV face!

Long time readers know that the face above is the priceless Cheesewhiz RV Face – the face that Cheoah makes when she is in her crate in the RV. We are not sure why she does this, but we are guessing she gets bored and starts playing with the wires in her crate. We are sure she is not expressing any opinions about the hu-dad’s driving ability and a giant RV.

We also know that young Frankie is enamored with Miss Cheoah. Ok, fair enough, he was enamored with Natasha and Kiska, but they have both been clear that the youngster needs to find someone his own age – and thus Cheesewhiz has become his buddy. What we did not realize is how much he is learning from your Cheesewhiz. Until this picture . . .

Frankie RV Face

And, yes, we are planning on taking the RV out this weekend and head to Bristol, Virginia, for the Winterfest 2012 put on by Siberian Husky Assist, the rescue that guided both Kodiak and Frankie to us. If you are near Bristol, please come and say hello!

On the picket line, some dogs dig a small indention in the ground to sleep in.

Cheesewhiz considers her digging to be more of a work of art.

Let's just say she really gets into her work.

That smile says it all.

Her neighbor, Q-Tip, is not as impressed.

As all of the debris comes flying in his direction.

Sort of a problem when you have an all-white coat. Well, a formerly all-white coat.

Starting the day with a sunrise walk on the beach. Oh, and notice that some pup has decided this would be a good week to start blowing coat. This is important for our final story today.

Hanging out on the drop line in the camp site.

A drop line is a perfect way for the dogs to be able to hang outside of the RV and enjoy the fresh air. The Herd also gets their meals served to them out on the drop line. As you can probably imagine, people walking around the campground are amused at eight (yes, Ruby and Tartok from The Herd Annex are here as well) Siberian Huskies hanging out in a campsite.

We then loaded up the Jeep (ok, with just The Herd – Ruby and Tartok chose to hang out at the campsite) and drove down to Charleston to see some friends.

Kody is happy to escort The Herd around Charles Towne Landing.

While Nia tried her best to catch a squirrel (those pesky leashes).

And Frankie discovered how terrific David is at scratches.

For those of you who are newer to the blog, check out this post where Cheoah discovered David’s magic scratching ability as she plopped down in the middle of the tourist district to enjoy a belly rub.

Kody and Nia then introduced Frankie to the best thing yet.

Long time readers, particularly those who follow our adventures on our Facebook Page, know that The Herd often have to wait in the Jeep while the humans stop at some restaurant.  Kody and Nia introduced at least a part of The Herd to the special pleasure of a restaurant with a porch for dogs – the Kickin Chicken.

For the record, some members of The Herd stayed in the Jeep which was parked right beside the porch.  Something about the humans having only so many hands and actually wanting to eat.  How crazy is that?  But you probably ask how certain dogs were chosen to go on the porch.  Let’s just say certain dogs are noisy when left in the Jeep, so they were selected for the sake of quiet.  See, it pays to be a delinquent.

If you don't share some of that food, I will show you noisy.

If my screaming gets me out of the Jeep, goess what I am willing to do for that cheese stuffed pretzel?

Once lunch was done, what is left to do but nap on the porch?

Nia found a nice quiet corner and started drifting off to sleep.

Just in case a squirrel came by, Kody played the big brother and held on to Nia's leash.

The last adventure for Frankie comes without pictures. Some of our Facebook friends suggested we asked for the store security film, but we did not think of that.  If it exists, someone has probably loaded it on YouTube.

As we mentioned in the beginning, Frankie has decided this would be a good week to blow coat.  For those of you not familiar with Siberian Huskies, blowing coat is an explosion of hair like you have never seen.  Now couple that with living in an RV for a week, and the humans seem to want to manage the coat blowing.  Since they were not expecting this event during the trip, they are not equipped with all of the tools needed.  Thus, a quick stop was made at a pet supply store, which happened to be a Petco in Charleston.

Going back to the loud dogs when left in the Jeep, guess who got to go inside Petco?  We browsed the store and made our selections (a new brush and some Bitter Apple – another minor issue – a new pup is learning where not to chew).

Well, we had made our selection and were waiting to check out.  Rather than stand in the cash register line where Frankie might get into trouble playing with other dogs, the hu-dad picked an out of the way place to wait while the purchases were made.  How the hu-dad never saw the parakeet display is a mystery that still is not explainable, but let’s be clear that Frankie saw the parakeets right away.  So an unsuspecting hu-dad was standing while holding a slack leash – and not watching Frankie.  Do we really need to explain what happened next?

Frankie launches himself at the closest parakeet.  All the hu-dad hears is the “WHACK” sound of a Siberian head connecting with the display case at full warp speed.  All the parakeet sees is a Siberian face inches away smashed against the display window.  All Frankie knows is he almost had that bird, but some invisible force field stopped him when he was so close.  The hu-dad turns to see birds flying madly inside their aviary and a frustrated Siberian Husky preparing for the second assault.  Customers – and a store manager – who were watching the whole event, are holding their sides and laughing hysterically.

The hu-dad decides that now is a really good time to leave the store.

Cheoah says she can walk this trail with her eyes closed.

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Earlier this week, we posted this picture of Frankie using his Cheesewhize Chew Toy.

And we received lots of questions about whether these two wrestle all of the time.

Do they look like they wrestle a lot?

CHOMP.

Cheesewhiz protests an illegal move.

A little trash talk is always required.

A mutual dental exam.

Frankie even has the Ruby paw move down.

Collision - look at the paw spread from Cheese.

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Jeep Ruff'n Tough Man Dog Toy

The advertisement we found for it read, “This is one tough toy for tough little Jeep dogs.  This toy is fun for games of fetch, keep-away, or tug-of-war.  Even puppy teeth will have trouble tearing through this guy.”  We really liked the bullet points that cited such things as “Extra Strong Construction,” “Built to Last,” and “Provides Hours of Exercise and Play.”  So let’s see how that worked out.  Our tester was Frankie.

Elapsed time - 45 seconds.

Jeep man seems to have developed a slight “foot explosion” problem.  Frankie says it is not really a big deal.  He still has his favorite chew toy:

A Cheesewhize Chew Toy.

Frankie says you can chew on her for hours.