Pikes Peak Shiloh Shepherds

09/06/2026

08/21/2026

Five week old Raya/Titan puppies! Please join the litter page to see more pictures! RayaTitan 2026

06/29/2026

We have puppies coming around mid July, 2026. Raya/Titan. We are so excited!

06/25/2026

A fox curled up asleep. Nothing unusual — until you see it through a thermal camera.
The body is almost completely grey and cold. But the nose, ears, and eyes glow bright orange. That contrast isn't random. It's one of the most elegant survival systems in nature.

A red fox grows a winter coat so thick and so well-insulated that almost no body heat escapes through it. Scientists using thermal cameras found that the tail loses virtually zero heat to the environment — it's essentially invisible on the image. The shoulders, back, and flanks radiate very little as well.

The only parts that glow are the ones covered in shorter fur — the nose, ears, the area around the eyes. These account for just 30% of the fox's body surface, and that's exactly where heat is meant to escape. It's a built-in temperature regulation system, not a flaw.

And the sleeping position isn't random either. By curling into a tight ball and wrapping its tail around its nose and paws, the fox reduces the surface area exposed to the cold by as much as possible. Research shows this posture alone can preserve up to 30% more body heat compared to other resting positions.

What looks like a glowing fox is actually a masterclass in biological engineering — developed over millions of years, requiring no power source, no maintenance, and no upgrades.

Nature figured this out long before we did.

04/02/2026

A mysterious truck driver on I-80 near Laramie, Wyoming is $250,000 richer after an elk herd crossing the highway forced a Loomis cash van into the guardrail and jarred its rear doors open.

Highway camera footage from a Wyoming Department of Transportation camera at milepost 311 shows the herd crossing the eastbound shoulder at 6:44 PM, forcing the Loomis van to brake hard and swerve, clipping the guardrail and popping the rear door latch open.

Two dark canvas bags slid from the van onto the gravel shoulder, coming to rest against the guardrail as the elk cleared the road.

A mysterious man in a gray hoodie is seen stepping out of the Peterbilt semi-truck he had stopped behind the van, calmly lifting both bags from the shoulder, tucking them under his arm, and climbing back into his cab before the Loomis crew had stepped out to assess the damage.

Wyoming Highway Patrol arrived at 7:09 PM to find the van, the damaged guardrail, and the elk herd already off the road, but no sign of the bags or the semi-truck that had been parked behind the van.

Wyoming Game and Fish confirmed an elk migration crossing advisory had been in effect for that stretch of I-80 for three days prior to the incident. Loomis has not explained why the route was not adjusted.

The man has not been identified.