The 10-yr-antique golden retriever, born on Christmas Day, loves to greet associates and new pals from the roof of his Austin domestic. Huck — named after Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn — splits his time between Austin, Texas, and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, with proprietors Allie and Justin Lindenmuth, who got the dog in 2011.
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“Huckleberry genuinely lives up to his name … Loveable and mischievous,” Allie instructed PEOPLE about her pooch’s persona.
Huck started to expose off his mischievous side a yr after the Lindenmuth circle of relatives moved into their current Austin domestic.
“Huck discovered he ought to jump from the hill in our backyard onto the roof,” the golden retriever’s proprietor explained. “There turned into no going again after that. He loves it up there.”
After realizing how a lot Huck loved watching the community from the roof, his pet dad and mom started permitting supervised visits to the top of the house, that have now come to be habitual.
“We only allow him outside while we’re domestic, or he would be up there all day.
With his vintage age, we’ve given that constructed him a bit ramp, so he does not hurt his hips getting up there,” Allie shared.
Over his years of roof visits, Huck has accumulated quite a following of neighborhood fanatics and online supporters.
The canine has over forty four,000 Instagram followers on his account @HucktheRoofDog.
“We started out an Instagram due to the fact many human beings would come to our door and ask to examine more about Huck.
We by no means thought it might grow so famous,” Allie said, adding that it’s miles nevertheless common for drivers to do a U-turn “to affirm they, in reality, noticed a dog at the roof.”
The Lindenmuth family’s buddies know to look for Huck at the roof, where the dog eagerly greets them from his perch, however “new buddies and passersby nonetheless come up to the door weekly” to fulfill Huckleberry for the primary time. Allie is happy to permit Huck continue his watch from the roof due to the fact she will be able to tell how happy it makes the pet.
“He just loves watching all the neighbors pass by means of. He has an extraordinary view of Austin from up there.
I genuinely think he thinks it’s miles simply an extension of the outside. He barks at all his neighbor friends to say, ‘Hi!” she stated.
When Huck is not outside ruling the roof, the golden retriever can be found swimming or cuddling.
“Huck is the sweetest puppy. He will be snuggled all day lengthy and has by no means met a stranger,” Allie said.
“He is so defensive and loving. He desires to be together with his human beings all day long,” she introduced.
Huck will share his love for roofs and his being concerned attitude with the world via a new ebook, in keeping with his puppy mother and father, which is due out next year.
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