Yuki is Curious

Found this old unpublished post featuring Yuki and Bill probably testing / reviewing something. 

Happy Birthday Bill!

Yuki Tribute

I put some photos and videos together into a video to memorialize the life of my buddy Yuki.

A Review and a Tribute

Yuki has been the most popular pooch on this blog by a long-shot as he made his appearance on numerous product reviews. What better way to say good-bye to this faithful pooch than through another review. In this case, RC Ten.

RC Ten is skippable...While I do like RC Cola and am happy we have it as a fountain drink option as work, I'd just as soon mix RC and Diet RC to achieve a blend with 50 calories and better taste.

As for Yukon, you can't make an offer on him because he was a priceless pup.

A Funeral for a Friend

Erin's Dad helped me send off my old buddy Yuki this this morning. We buried him on the farm down by the pond. It's a final resting place I think he'd like. We'll probably put some kind of stone over his grave in the spring. Goodbye old friend.

Goodbye Yuki

I lost my best buddy Yuki today. He was great dog who led a fantastic dog life. Yuki died in his sleep this afternoon. Even this morning, he was still acting like a puppy. We'll all miss you Yuki. Here are the last two pictures of our friend, taken over the last couple of days. R.I.P. Yuki 2000 - 2013.

Jake & Yuki

The two animals wish each other a merry Christmas.


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Yuki!!!!

Yuki - a quality pooch....

Yuki's Squirrel Suit

We may as well keep the Halloween posts coming! This year Yuki surprised trick-or-treaters as his favorite animal, the noble squirrel. Normally he is quick to tear out of the silly things we dress him in. For some reason, the squirrel suit was different. He left it on all night.

Surprising Sleepy Yuki

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Doggone Loyal!

I was messing around on the front porch this morning and when I came inside, I forgot about Yuki. Twenty minutes later I realized he was missing. After a brief search inside the house, I opened the front door and saw this:



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Yuki in an iMovie Featurette

Yuki Takes A Walk

Yuki's California Cousin

A few weeks ago I stumbled across an animal bearing a strong resemblance to Yuki!

Yuki: Karate Master

We dressed Yuki up as a black belt karate master for Halloween this year. The animal tolerated this costume better than most. The only thing he kept knocking off was his headband. In this picture, you see Yuki kind of getting into the Halloween spirt and giving his loudest hi-ya yell.

Yuki's Stray Snaps

Many of our readers aren't avid Facebookers or readers of other blogs. Here are a few stray Yuki snaps to get you caught up.



Yuki gets bored at the garage sale (above) and enjoys a trip home from Arkansas (below)

Yuki's Breed Gets No Respect

I saw this Purina dog food advertisement featuring a dog that looks a lot like Yuki. For a moment, I thought Yuki's designer mix (Border Collie + Blue Heeler) was beginning to gain some credibility in the snooty world of dog breeding purists. Then, I read the ad. Nearest I can tell, this Yuki-dog is being portrayed as an unwanted shelter mutt in need of a a charity handout. Bah! I'll take Yuki over any prancing pure-breed any day!

Project Warm-a-Pup

When we're at work, Yuki is normally left in his outdoor dog run. But with Winter approaching and Yuki getting long in the tooth, I have growing concerns about how much cold the animal can endure. To assist in this matter, I devised a plan to insulate Yuki's dogloo using a blanket, a large staple gun, and some industrial strength velcro.

I plastered half of the velcro all over the underbelly of the dogloo's roof. Then I stuck and stapled the other half of the velcro to one side of a blanket which I had cut in a circle.

I then stuck the blanket onto the interior roof and walls of the dogloo. After the blanket was secured, I cut out a door sized piece of blanket, cut strips in it, and velcroed it into the door.

This is not a pretty job, but it seems like it'll be very warm. My main concern for failure is that the sticky back on the velcro might fail causing the blanket to fall on Yuki's head. This is, however, an acceptable risk.

Yuki Gets Crack at Turkey Carcass

Yuki behaved himself all day as we prepared and ate the Thanksgiving dinner. To reward his good behavior, I decided to let him have a go at the turkey carcass after I had picked most of the meat off of it.




Yuki did enjoy the carcass, but I became concerned that he would ingest some sharp bones so I cut his fun off a little short. Regardless, it will go down as one of Yuki's better days.

Yuki Destroys Fake Tree

We had a new roof put on our house this week. When the crew showed up, we were at work and Yuki was in his outdoor kennel. It seems Yuki took exception to the strange men in his yard. He reacted by totally destroying the base of the fake tree that has been in his kennel for many months without incident.

That night, I took Yuki for his normal walk around the neighborhood. It just happened to be the night before trash day, and as luck would have it, we stumbled upon another very similar fake tree that had been placed by someone's garbage can. That's the same way I found the original fake tree! Yuki didn't have to go even one day without a nice fake tree in his kennel! Hopefully he won't destroy the new one.

YUKI!