31/Oct/17 Happy Halloween

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

Today, we are going to be disappointing a lot of kids.  Every year, either Tonya or the Big Guy got to leave work to come home and give out treats.  Well this year, they have to work.  So they will be keeping the lights off, keeping the Halloween blow up stuff unplugged and putting up a sign saying that they are still at work and to please come back later.

It's going to be rough on me too.  I will be looking at all the people running around.  When they will be walking up to the front door, I will want to greet them, but I have no way of opening the door.

The Big Guy got me a new nylon bone yesterday.  I LOVE IT!  Oh so chewy.

Tonya was concerned about the new nylon bone.  I've managed to chew off a few little pieces.  The Big Guy said, it's keeping me quiet and entertained.  If I do manage to swallow any of the pieces, it will just pass right through me.

Tonya and the Big Guy went to play darts last night and I hardly knew they were gone.  I just had such a GREAT TIME with my new chewie stick.

Didn't it rain hard last night?  WOW!  I went outside to do my business and I had to turn myself so that the poop wouldn't get blown back up inside me.  That means that a lot of the leaves will be blown off the trees.  Which is good.

I'm pretty sure that the Big Guy is going to mow those leaves before he flips his lawn mower over to a snow blower.  It isn't that it's a hard job, it just take a bit to get done.  But then he will be ready for the winter snow.

But if this Fall is any indication of what we are in store for, it may be a wet Winter.  I'm sure the Big Guy wouldn't have any problems with NEVER having to use his snow blower again.

Bye bye for now

30/Oct/17 a day at the park

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

Some of you have Tonya as a friend on Facebook.  Well the Big Guy had her phone yesterday and was having some fun taking me to the park while she stayed home and cleaned.  She must really enjoy cleaning as she cleans all the time.

At one point, I was pretty much alone in the dog park.  The Big Guy was pretty happy that other people finally came along so that I had more dogs to play with.

Someone mentioned that I got my back dew claw hooked on to something.  It didn't hurt me.  The Big Guy says that if it falls off, it's one less thing that the vet has to remove later on.  They don't seem to have any function.  I was licking at one of them the other day.

We seem to be in for a bit of rain today.  Not as much as the other end of Nova Scotia.  They are going to be in the path of what's left of Tropical Storm Phillipe.

The Big Guy still needs to cut down the trees that separates his yard from Jim's yard.  Perhaps next weekend if the weather is nice.

I think that the Big Guy will be bringing in some treats from home if they don't get enough trick or treaters.  I know that he isn't going to eat them.

Bye bye for now.

29/Oct/17 no no no no

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

Tonya and the Big Guy went out last night.  They were dressed up kinda weird.  I never smelled those clothes on them before.  Normally the Big Guy has short hair.  Well last night, he had LONG hair.  They called it a "Halloween Party".  Not sure what that meat, but alls I know, I had pizza crusts for breakfast today.

See what I mean about the long hair?

The Big Guy was saying that he has to go make some bacon and eggs for breakfast.  Normally I just bug Tonya till she gives me some.  Today will likely be no different.  I will just bug and bug and bug.

Normally Sunday's means LONG walks.  But it also means that Tonya cleans and cleaning means that I have to go to another room.  Not sure why she cleans so much.  It only gets dirty again.

Bye bye for now.

28/Oct/17 I would like to be patted

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

So I'm laying on the love seat, minding my own business, when FLASH, that camera goes off.

I recon that it's time to be patted.

YOU!

 HUMAN!

PAT ME!

Oh, so you think that putting your arm up is going to protect you.

I don't think so.

I weigh over 100 pounds and I demand to be patted.

Ground level patting is ok

But make sure you do it right

There's that FLASH again.

At least I got more room on the love seat than I did on the wing chair.  Did you see me sitting in the wing chair the other day?  Scroll down a few pages.  You will eventually run across that entry.  I wedged myself into the seat.

Tonya made some pizza last night for supper.  I bugged and bugged until she gave me some.  he he...  trade secret...  bug the shit out of the human, or stare at her while she is eating and she will give in and give up some of what she is eating.

That doesn't work so well with the Big Guy.  He just stares back at me.  I've tried to give him the paw while he is eating and it goes ignored.  I've tried laying my head on his lap.  Nothing.  Let me tell you, he's tough.  I can drool and it doesn't effect him in the least.

Talking of food, I think I will go have some kibble.

Bye bye for now.

27/Oct/17 sitting by my master's feet

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

In the morning, after I come in from doing my "business", I will plop myself down behind the The Big guy.  Then he feels trapped as he doesn't want to move around and disturb me.  He thinks I am sleeping, but I am just laying there, WAITING for him to move.  Then I JUMP up and see what he's up to.

It's garbage day today.  I hope that we go for a walk this morning.  I need to smell all the garbage bags that are out there.  The Big Guy going to get a work out today!  I am going to be trying to run from one bag to the next.  So it will be pull pull pull, then when I get to the garbage bag, I will want to stay and sniff.  The Big Guy will then be dragging me away.  Every time, we play this game.  

Yesterday the Big Guy came home and went to the attic.  He brought some stuff down and put it in the car.  They call it "Halloween Decorations".  Most of it was all new to me.  I never seen that stuff before.

It's supposed to rain later on today.  It hasn't rained in a while, so I suspect we are due for some rain.  If it doesn't rain now, there are people who are on well water and they could be effected.  You don't want that.

I don't mind the rain too much.  I just shake it off and move on.  But the humans that I live with...  Well they have to wear rain coats and umbrellas and boots...  the whole shebang.  They are weird.  Why can't they just shake it off like I do?

Bye bye for now.

26/Oct/17 I was so little once upon a time

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

Today's picture is a "Throw Back Thursday" picture.  This is when I was being brought to my new forever home and I met my non-furry Memere for the first time.  She was so scared to hold me.  But I was scared too.  So many new things to see and smell.  It was really nice that she held me for a bit.  I was less scared while I was in her protective arms.

We went for a long walk last night.  All the way down town and back home again.  I got to see a lot of new people.  Some would pat me.  Others were a bit afraid.  If only they knew how timid I am.  If they would yell or raise their voice, I would cower in fear.

So there was some containers with some turkey in them.  They were in the back of the freezer and the Big Guy had one of the containers last night for his supper.  He told Tonya, the stuff is a bit freezer burnt and should be given to the sea gulls.  

Well HELLO!  

KAWW KAWW KAWW...  Oh wait, that's a crow.  

(Clears throat)

Mooooo

Shit...  that's a cow...

He is really going to throw that old turkey stuff out to the sea gulls.  Damn, I don't have a sea gull cry memorized yet.

I'm going to go sit outside and see if I can't find a sea gull and see if I can't memorize it's call.

Bye bye for now.

25/Oct/17 I say, would you fetch me my brandy old man

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

It may not look comfortable, but I feel that I'm uber handsome sitting in this chair.  Don't you think?  Comment below if you think that I am totally: "the man".

Last weekend, the Big Guy decided that he was going to make a braised beef.  Well it didn't turn out so well.  He WAY over cooked it.  Today, he is doing round 2.  He got himself another cheap cut of roast beef and he is braising it again.  It's either going to work and work really well, or he has just made himself another roast beef that Tonya is going to ignore.  Of course he added onions to it, which means, if it fails, I don't get any.

Yesterday the Big Guy went to Wal-Mart and got Tonya a set of darts.  Now she has her very own set of darts.  Now, they have no reason not to go play darts on Monday nights.  That means MORE alone time for me.

As we were outside for our walk last night, as we we were getting closer to where Bailey lives, there is another dog I need to get past before I can see her.  Well he isn't very nice at all.  He was laying down in the shadows.  But as soon as he seen me, well he started barking his head off and ran towards me.

I tried to hide behind the Big Guy.  Of course Tonya didn't like the other dog scaring me like that.

Then there is Bailey's roommate.  Well, he doesn't like me much either.  So now he's barking at me.

But because those two dogs are barking like a nut house, all the other dogs that are outside, well they start barking too.

What did I start?

Bye bye for now.

24/Oct/17 here's looking at you kid

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

I was counting on the fact that Tonya and/or the Big Guy will forget to close the bathroom door.  When they do...  it's toilet paper snack time!  The forgot again yesterday and I had a chew fest.

The Big Guy was saying that perhaps I needed to wipe my bum, but that I don't have the concept down pat just yet.  You wipe on the outside, not from the inside.

The Big Guy is sure that he is suffering from gout again.  It hurts his middle toe when he is walking.  Normally gout hits your feet somewhere.  It's all those greens in his diet that the Dr says he isn't supposed to have.

Tonya and the Big Guy came home last night and left again.  They had a quick supper and walked out the door without me.  They went to Paul and Laura's to play "Darts".  Not sure what darts are, but I'm pretty sure that I could have played with them too.

The Big Guy was reading on line that there is a lot of people that don't appreciate the new Star Trek.  That it's just changed too much.  Well the fact is... the Big Guy likes it and so does Tonya.  She said that she REALLY likes it.  The Big Guy gets to watch each episode twice.  Once on Monday morning while Tonya is sleeping and then again, later on, when Tonya wants to watch the show.  He is pretty happy to watch the same episode twice.

So far, the weather for Halloween looks like it is not going to rain.  It has rained in the past and it must be miserable for the kids.  But the Big Guy can remember trick or treating when he was a kid and rain didn't really stop him.

Bye bye for now.

23/Oct/17 I am wearing my Halloween bandanna

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

The bandanna that I got on, it used to belong to Sebastian.  He was the other dog that used to live here.

I had a visitor yesterday.  Elisha and Bryson.  He is going to be 3 years old in 2 months.  So he will always be older than me, but I am WAY bigger than him.  The Big Guy put the training collar on me and I behaved.  At one point, Elisha turned her back on me.  I thought this was a great time to get a sniff in.  She didn't appreciate where I was sniffing.

Elisha also gave me a great compliment.  She said that she was really scared of Sebastian, but not of me.  She said that she can see that I'm still a puppy and only want to play.

Last night, for their supper, the Big Guy made this onion, garlic, mushroom, brussel sprout, cut up steak thingy.  Well it smelled wonderful.  But I didn't get to have any of it.  Like really?  You made this wonderful meal and didn't share?

Well, only a week to go and it will be Halloween.  Well, actually 8 more days.  I bet I don't get to meet the kids in their costumes.  Then again, Tonya and the Big Guy are worried that I may knock them over.  Which I might, if I  were allowed on my leash.  But I think they are going to have the baby gate up to keep me from jumping on people.  They better dress warmly.

We went for a nice walk yesterday.  Not a long walk.  But I was some tired last night.  Tonya was happy about that as I slept really good.

Bye bye for now.

22/Oct/17 these are my "sexy" eyes

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

I discovered something that tastes WONDERFUL and seems to have an endless supply.  It's toilet paper.  LOVE THAT STUFF!

So now, if Tonya or the Big Guy forget to close the bathroom door, I sneak in and eat all the toilet paper that on the roll.  Not the stuff that is stacked up, oh no, not that, but the stuff that's on the roll.  But what gives me away, is that it dries up any drools that I may have.  So they can hear me smacking as I am eating it.

Yesterday when the Big Guy had me out of my afternoon walk, he noticed just how much toilet paper I have eaten as my poo had changed color and had a lot of white in it.

Do you remember a while back, I broke one of the windows in the dining room?  Well the Big Guy finally got around to blocking that.  He knows that he is going to get new windows, so he put some thin pieces of wood in it's place.  He cut the pieces about a 1/4 inch short, so they wouldn't work.  Went he left for the basement, they fell out on the deck.  Well it was PLAY TIME!  I had such fun with the wood.  That was until he picked up the pieces and put them away.  He can be such a stick in the mud.

While we were out for my walk yesterday, I finally had someone that said that I was a handsome dog.  Up to now, it's always been beautiful.  Well "beautiful" is for female doggies.

I farted and the Big Guy is horrified.  ha ha  It smells really bad.

Geesh, I hope he knows it's a fart and that I don't just stink.  If he thinks that, I will be going to the doggie spa again.  Oh wait.  The spa wasn't such a bad place and afterwards I got to go to the dog park.  Perhaps I should fart some more!

Bye bye for now.

21/Oct/17 I can't get my bone, it's under the couch

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

Yesterday the Big Guy went and found the Big Bone that I've been keeping outside on the deck.  I keep loosing the smaller bones under the furniture.  I get excited and I will be chewing on a bone, then drop it.  I will hit it with my paw and then it's under the couch, or a chair and I can't get it.  I start to whine or bark that I can't get one of my bones.  This means that I have to wait for Tonya or the Big Guy to move it so that I can chew on it again.

But the bigger bone doesn't move as much, so I don't loose it under the furniture.

As I am looking outside, I can see the taller grimm reaper moving in the wind.  Looks like it's going to be one of those days where the Big Guy seems to be fixing the blow up stuff in the yard.  You know that is going to please him a lot.

Since Tonya and the Big Guy moved their blow up cat to the other side of the yard, it hasn't been blown off the ground like it used to be.  I'm sure that makes him happy.

It was garbage day yesterday and we did our walk in the morning.  So there was a lot of garbage bags that were at the curb.  But not as many as I would have liked.  I was really looking forward to all the smelly garbage.  But there was only one place where the green bin was really smelly.   Everything else was kinda boring.

Tonya only works later on this morning.  So I will get to spend some time with her.  I wonder if they are going to walk me this morning, or later this afternoon?  You never know with them.

Bye bye for now.

20/Oct/17 you want to share my bone

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

I can see the Big Guy is eyeballing this beef bone that I got.  I wonder if he wanted to make a stew from it? I am willing to share if he's willing to give me some of the stew he makes.  He would have to give the bone back after he was done though.  I would like to chew on it some more.

We went for a walk last night.  Although it's garbage day today, there certainly wasn't a lot of garbage that was put outside for me to sniff.

Tonya and the Big Guy got a friend that has a pinch collar that they were going to lend them to see if it would calm me down on my walks.  So far, they haven't dropped by with it.  Their friend seen me pulling really hard on my leash.  I do that a lot.  I'm a draft dog, so pulling really hard is part of my breed.

Tonya put a few window stickers in the windows.  I haven't got the heart to mess with them just yet.  They stick to the windows due to friction.  But I know, one swipe of the paw and they would be ripped off the window.

Tonya made some ribs in the slow cooker.  Then, after they were done eating, they threw the rib bones in the green bin.  Like HELLO!  I could have chewed on them.  They were little bite sized chewy bones.  Oh well, I'm sure she didn't want me to choke on them.

I've been looking at the weathernetwork and so far, no snow in our forecast.  I don't mind the snow at all.  As a matter of fact, I LOVE the snow.  I don't feel the cold the same way that humans do.

Bye bye for now.

19/Oct/17 you woke me up for THIS

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

The Big Guy had problems.  Couldn't he see that I was sleeping?  I could hear him creeping towards me.  Then...  FLASH...  the camera goes off.

OK, now I'm awake.  What do you want?

You want me to leave you alone while you make coffee?  You should have thought about that before you creeped up on me and took my picture.

Now I want to be patted.

PLEASE pat me.

I will raise my paw.  

How about my other paw?

How about I nip you?  You don't like that, do you.  Well I don't like being woken up for a stupid picture.

Now he wants me to go "lay down".

I DON'T THINK SO!

It's play time.

He is trying to type an email to his Mum.  I will insert my nose under his arm and flip his hand off the keyboard.

He found that funny the first couple times.  Why is he scolding me?  He woke me up.

Geesh, what an ass hat he can be.

I'm going to go lay down for a bit.  

I will wait for Tonya to come downstairs.  She loves me.  I will jump at her.  I will nip at her.  I will demand that she shares her breakfast with me.

I'll show you.

Bye bye for now.

18/Oct/17 I can fit on this chair

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

This is where the Big Guy will sit when he plays his XBox.  I thought that he looks comfortable in this chair and that I should try it on for size.  What do you think?  Should I ask him for his controller?

Yesterday the Big Guy went out on the front yard and move this HUGE blow up Halloween cat to the opposite side of the yard. Normally it's on the driveway side.  This time, it's on the other side.  If you have watched the Halloween video, from one of my previous posts, the spider is up on the log.  Well the cat is now behind the spider.  But the winds have been calm.  I'm sure if the wind comes up, the cat will go sailing again.

We went for our walk last night.  We went all the way down town and then back up to the house once again.  The Big Guy thinks that he will be needing his neck scarf once again.  He feels that it's cold outside.  But when I looked at the temperature, it does show -1.  So that is cold by human standards.  Cold enough to snow.  But so far, no snow on the ground.  Or in the immediate forecast.

The Big Guy wants to leave me alone on Monday nights so that they can go play darts.  That will mean a short walk on Monday's.  I know that he has a set of darts somewhere in the house.  He will try to find them I bet.  They are going to go to Paul and Laura's house.  I bet if they took me with them, I would run after the darts that would fall on the floor.

Tonya made this wonderful shrimp and bacon alfredo yesterday.  Oh it smelled so good.  Did she share any of it with me?  Of course not.  I got my usual kibble and water.  She could have taken the time to pour some of it over my kibble.  But no.  She says that it will give me the "loosie goosie" poos.

Well, there was nothing special on TV last night.  So I can nap this morning.

Bye bye for now.

17/Oct/17 resting up for my next walk

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

I am getting ready for our next walk.  So I'm sleeping for now.  Then when I see another dog, I have all that stored up energy so that I can bound away and try to get to the other dog.

Some times though, all that energy is just wasted.  It makes the other human that is walking their dog, nervous.  When I stand up on my back legs, I am tall.  Well, at least as tall as Tonya. 

Then there is the yelling.  Yelling for me to get down.  Then there is the leash tugging.  Yup, the Big Guy is holding me back.  Which only helps me get up on my back legs and flail my front legs in the air.

The Big Guy should make a video of him trying to get my leash over my head.  I get so excited.  I whimper and I yelp that we are going for a walk.  Then I want to run down the stairs.  The Big Guy always braces for this.  Then I get to the end of my leash.  INSTANT stop.  You would think that I would learn.  But nope.  Every day, it's pretty much the same thing. The Big Guy braces and I run down the steps and get to the end of my leash.  BOOM.  Stopped in my tracks.

The Big Guy was looking at the Halloween blow ups.  Yesterday, the giant cat blew down.  But it's so big it acts like a sail in the wind.  Every year, same thing.  It rips up the tie down pegs.  Tonya says to move it to another location where there is less wind.  The Big Guy thinks that there is a lot less wind in his garage.

Tonya still has to go to the attic and get some of the other Halloween stuff down.

Did you see what the Big Guy did to the back of his car?

Isn't that neat?  Now when he turns on the back windshield wiper, he waves at you.

Bye bye for now.

16/Oct/17 please pat me

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

Why does she have to sit in that single chair when she could be sitting with me in the love seat getting all my attentions?  Now I have to reach across so that she can pat me.

Yesterday the Big Guy and Tonya took the time to decorate the outside of their house.  There is a bunch of blow up stuff in the yard.  It was pretty windy last night, the Big Guy may have to go out and fix the stuff before he goes to work today.

After they were done with the yard, they had me out on the front deck.  They used some bungie cords to keep the baby gate in place.  Otherwise, there is a good chance I would have just gone and terrorized the whole yard.  Some of their stuff moves.  I would have taken the chance to get into it and create havoc. 

Blow up decorations = 0, Max would = 6.

Did you enjoy this video?  The Big Guy would really like it if you could comment on his videos.


As you know, today is Monday and that means another episode of Star Trek Discovery.  I best go sit with him again.  Gawd...  the stuff I do for him.

Bye bye for now.

15/Oct/17 why isn't she home yet

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

It seemed like I had to wait all day yesterday for Tonya to get home.  I was so excited when I seen her get home again

The Big Guy went outside and took some pictures of his car again.  He put some Halloween stuff on his car yesterday.  He can be weird that way.  From what I can understand, they put more stuff than this on their other car that looked like this.

So they will be putting more stuff on the car before doing the final movie.

After the Big Guy put some stuff on the car, he drove it to work to drop it off for Tonya.  She didn't even have the time to see the decorations prior to leaving for the day.  But she had to do a bit of shopping and someone was talking to her about the decorated Flex that was out in the parking lot.  He didn't believe Tonya when she said it was her car.  That was until she popped the hatch.  Then he believed her that it was her car.

The Big Guy wasn't too happy when he was waxing his car yesterday.  There was drools all over the side of his car.

I think that Tonya plans to decorate for Halloween today.  I wonder how much stuff I can get into.

Bye bye for now.

14/Oct/17 morning stretch

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

As you can see by this picture, I've got some pretty impressive paws.  Not quite 3 boards wide.  Now, when we are out walking, and I want to dig in, I spread them apart for maximum grip.  That's when the Big Guy has to pull on my leash to move me.

Last night, Tonya decided to make a roast for supper.  She didn't like it much as she said it was tough.  I wouldn't say that it was tough.  I would say, it had chewing power!

The Big Guy made some bacon this morning.  He does it in the oven.  He puts the bacon on a rack and it drips onto the cookie tray.  He lines the cookie tray with tin foil, so that way it's a lot easier to throw out (the tin foil, not the bacon).  He will cook up some eggs, but I will not get any.  He doesn't share that much with me.  Although I would share all my kibble with him.

The Big Guy was pretty happy with his episode of "The Orville" yesterday.  He finds that it's more like Star Trek than the new series of Star Trek.  He finds that the new "Star Trek Discovery" is more like Star Wars, or Battlestar Galactica.  He was reading that a lot of people are not enjoying the new Star Trek series.  Oh well, their loss.

Tonya and the Big Guy were looking at the new house that they are building around the corner.  It is coming along nicely.  Although they had to put in the windows and doors before they could put in the wires.  People have been known to go in with wire cutters and remove all the copper wire.  That stuff is expensive.  But, who ever buys the house, they will be getting a nice home.  Not much for landscaping just yet.  They still have to finish all the inside of the house and put in the garage doors and a few other things.

Bye bye for now.

13/Oct/17 Happy Friday the 13th

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home

I'm not sure what all the hoopla is about.  Yes it's Friday the 13th and yes it's October.  Does that make this day especially scary?  Humans are dumb.

Tonya went to get her finger nails done by her cousin's daughter.  She has them all set up for Halloween.  So that meant that it was only me and the Big Guy that went for a walk last night.

Please tell Tonya that her nails looks pretty.  That will make her feel really good.  She has these people that call her at work.  Sometimes they are not very nice to her at all.  Nope, not nice at all.  They have this problem called "entitlement".

There is a place that has a German Sheppard mix and he barks a lot.  He will sometimes go after me when he sees me.  I don't like that at all.  Well last night, when we were out walking, I seen that there is for sale sign on their property.  I hope it sells soon so that he doesn't bark and go after me any longer.  He wasn't a nice dog.

Well the Big Guy is bugging to go watch this TV series.  It's called "The Orville".  Kinda like Star Trek, but a little different.  He likes it though, so I should go sit with him while he watches it.

Bye bye for now.