Roof roof! Huckleberry welcomes new addition to his family
A golden retriever pup named Huckleberry, who was photographed frequently sitting on the roof of his family home in Austin, Texas has quite the following on Instagram after rising to fame five years ago.
Huckleberry's owners, Allie Burnitt and Justin Lindenmuth, became so used to public concern for their dog they installed a framed sign outside their home.
"Don't be alarmed," the sign read. "Huckleberry is living up to his name and learned how to jump onto our roof from the backyard."
“We appreciate your concern but please do not knock on our door… we know he’s up there. But please feel free to take pictures of him and share with the world."
The family then offered the hashtag hucktheroofdog. Next, they had an Instagram account for him with over 3,000 follwers.
Allie told a news outlet in the US that Huckleberry gains access to the family home through an almost one-metre-wide clearance between a hill and the family's backyard.
"We wondered when he would figure it out. It took him about six months to figure out the roof was an extension of his backyard. He now goes up every single time we let him outside," she told the media outlet in 2017.
Fast forward five years and Huckleberry is still enjoying time on the roof as well as close to 40,000 Instagram followers.
Huckleberry's family have welcomed a new addition, Bluebell the Golden Retriever puppy earlier this year in April.
A video posted to Huckleberry's social media account shows Bluebell's excited arrival with the family as well as a sneaky photo of her on the family's roof.
Images: Reddit / Instagram