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Cheeseheads living the jetset life with @kate_gardiner & @mishutkamd in Wisconsin, Miami, NYC & all points I95. Powered by @omaspride #bordercollie

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Lee the Dog, Jan 19, 2010-October 5, 2026.

Lee the dog was born in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin in 2010 to her parents Clarence and Nell. She was Clarence’s 14th and final puppy.

Following a failed start as a sheepdog despite an incredible shepherding heritage, Lee abandoned fancy dog boarding school having only learned to leap 12’ straight up into the air while barking, and clocking 23 mph at a dead run … (or at least that’s as far as we got on my bike in an hour with her running backwards in front of me).

Lee was often Copenhagen the horse’s only brakes, careening across fields and through Kettle Moraine at speeds that made one’s eyes water, branches clawing at exposed skin before someone frantically yelled lie down. She could bark, pant and sprint all at the same time in any direction and generally felt the world was going too slow, and the human wasn’t doing quite enough to entertain her.

In her 16 years and 10 months of existence, she traveled to approximately 47 states, riding along to horse and dog shows for moral support, and keeping folks company up and down from Wisconsin to California, and from Toronto to Florida in trains, cars and planes. She could not care less about crowds, strangers, and anything other than her favorite Bil-jacks treats and the orange bumper toy.

She summited all of the Catskills, Mt Washington, and visited at least 10 National Parks, including Shenandoah, the Everglades and the New River Gorge. She visited Washington, DC and stared at the monuments, swam in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico and all five Great Lakes. She claimed the sand dunes on the western shore of Lake Michigan, and the top of the cliffs in Devil’s Lake State Park and on the edge of the Mississippi. She was in the car when I almost hit an elk in the UP in the middle of the winter, and she was in the car the time I did a header off my horse while out riding with Manhattan Riding Club.

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Happy Sweet 16, Lee the Dog. Queen of the trifecta of terror. She can’t see the details, she can’t hear anything she doesn’t want to … but she can still play tug (and fetch, mysteriously).

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Happy Birthday to the woman who does the most. Inspires me endlessly, is incredibly deep hearted, and touches so many. This was an incredible year to date in so many ways- and more than ever you stand tall. Iceman said so as well. Happy. Birthday!

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Happy Birthday to the most extraordinary Lee! She’s the most energetic dog in her line. We adore you, wonder dog. Happy 15th Birthday!

Also what a dress :-)

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Happy international dog day to Lee and Harriet, the best dogs out there!

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Little piece of heaven with Harriet the #bordercollie #toy #dogoftheday #play

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Upstate New York is as always full of adventures. From horses to hiking. And of course the very timely #auroraborealis was very considerate. #hiking #dogs #horses #upstateny

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First @manhattanridingclub ride in awhile with the ever exceptional Tubby by @galloping_guru at @wethersfieldgarden followed by a restorative weekend of shenanigans including eating at @troutbeck.ny, and climbing Bash Bush Falls illicitly with @mishutkamd @nickydigital @ianswertoruthie & @farmdogsgonewild.

Upstate is the best state. Still looking for a house but maybe magic will happen someday.

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We went to the @the_explorers_club annual ball at the Glasshouse in New York City and played on the original lunar rover - and the new one headed to the Moon in 2026.

@mishutkamd ate some bugs at the bug bar. Everyone wore princess gowns and tuxes.

We were out most of the night —- and remain exceedingly hungover.

A+ will do again. Lovely meeting so many new, brilliant, adventurous people from so many chapters - geographically and from my life.

Looking forward to 2025 - never have I ever met so many astronauts and climbers and swimmers and divers and scientists and people studying the most esoteric things (coyote-seal interactions, anyone?)

@jen_walk x @mishutkamd x @apeveler x @kate_gardiner x @themissnish x @shujaat8684 x @storal12 x @ruth.mcfarlane x @mr.vestergaard x @brandi_de_carli x @ali4sis x @sirhisss

📍@the_explorers_club
💄@karmanteena
👗@macduggal x @renttherunway x @oblikatelier #ecad2024 #ecad24 #explorersclub

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Hey!! We’re looking for pup models to wear our gear! You’ll get posted to our main account which has over 740k+ followers!! Just message us “Hi” to @packleashestalent now 🙂 Can’t wait to hear from you!!

Message us @packleashestalent (not directly here) and Lillie, our rep, will get back to you ASAP! 🙂

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