May 182013
 
birthday walks

For his birthday, we are going to take the hu-dad on some long walks. How nice of us.

Happy Birthday to the hu-dad. How old is he? Well, let’s just say he is older than all of us combined. Including the Annex. Just saying.

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May 172013
 
Kiska sigh and then idea

Sigh.

long weekend

Hey, hu-dad, I have an idea. Let’s load up the RV and take off for a long weekend!

Cheesewhiz RV Face

Then we get the official Cheesewhiz RV Face!

Kiska has a terrific idea for the weekend, so we are loading up the RV and taking off to Big Ridge State Park near Knoxville, Tennessee. Besides, someone has a birthday tomorrow and we will be celebrating that. We promise pictures from our adventures!

May 152013
 
tall weeds

I am scared to go out in the really tall weeds.

tall

Seriously, hu-dad, this grass is getting ridiculously tall.

see

Do you really not want to be able to see what I am up to?

With all of the bad weather the last couple of weeks, grass mowing Sibe Quentin has been subject to a rain delay. Sunday was finally the perfect, sunny day, so we insisted that he harvest – er, mow.

walk

Look, everyone, we can actually walk without being tickled.

orange flag

I am so glad the hu-dad did not carry out his threat to tie an orange flag to my tail so he could monitor me.

May 142013
 
Best Observation Post

Can you see who has the best Observation Post over at The Herd Annex (the hu-grandmom’s house)?

Zoom

Let’s zoom in with the camera and see who is hanging out below.

give away

Shhhhh, hu-dad, you will give away my spot.

May 132013
 
hiking with new friends

Come with us as we hike with some new friends!

Combining hiking with meeting new canine friends makes for a perfect Saturday morning!  Our veterinarians office, Animal Hospital of Waynesville, sponsored a Saturday morning hike for clients at Graveyard Fields.

Graveyard Fields is a valley with the stream Yellowstone Prong flowing through its center, creating water falls both at the upper end of the valley and the lower end (named, creatively enough, Upper Falls and Lower Falls.  With the valley floor still above a 5,000 foot elevation, the air is usually cool and perfect for hiking.  This is an excellent area for early and late season hikes, though we avoid it during the summer tourism season because of the crowds.

Come meet some of our new friends:

smallest hiker

The official smallest hiker (and, yes, those are Frankie ears in the foreground).

biggest hiker

And our biggest hiker!

Sentry

An official sentry to keep us safe.

watching

And what is he watching so intently?

River

The younger and bouncier version of himself, of course. (Appropriately named River, by the way).

playing

Yes, we all had fun playing in the water.

Siberian

We even had somepup who looked a lot like us (complete with the mud on the nose).

photo

But, he did win cute photo of the day!

P.S. – Plans are being drafted for another hike, so we look forward to seeing these friends again – and meeting some new ones on the next hike.

May 122013
 

Yesterday, was the first weekend day in a couple of weeks that was dry enough to go hiking, so we hit the trails. Do you think Cheoah was happy with that? Don’t forget that Cheoah is the Cherokee word for Otter. That might explain a few things.

might get wet

Good thing it isn’t raining, or I might get wet.

different

Because rain water is totally different than river water.

Otter

Besides, you humans were the ones who named me “Otter.”

dog logic

Dog Logic. Keep up.

May 112013
 
Fur explosion

Oh, my, we appear to have had a major fur explosion.

Everywhere

The fur carnage is everywhere

not hurt

Don’t worry, no puppies were hurt in the making of this blog post.

plucking.

Though somepup did a lot of wailing and crying during the plucking.

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May 102013
 
Frankie quiet

Frankie is laying quietly in the den floor.

troublemaker waking up

On the couch, a certain young troublemaker is waking up

plotting

Typhoon appears to be plotting his next move

Ah-ha

Ah-ha! I know what I will do!

peaceful.

Why, there is my big brother being all peaceful and good.

Pounce

Puppy pounce in 3 – 2 – 1 . . .

can't bear to watch

Cheoah can’t bear to watch.