31/Jan/19 your chair smells like farts

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

As you can see, every so often, Tonya will put these chair covers on the furniture.  That lasts about a week or two.  Then they come off and a different set gets put on.  That lasts a few weeks and then they are gone for a few weeks.  Then the covers magically come back again.  Rinse, repeat.

The Big Guy would like to get two recliners, that would be side by side so that he can Tonya could sit together.  They would have to be those kind that can sit close to the wall.

OK, so the bread rolls got done yesterday.  Although it was the second batch that got made.  The first batch, well that ended up in the green bin.  He got that all sorted out.  After I got in the way a few times.  I was only curious as to what he was up to.

I think the Big Guy's gout is flaring up a bit.  He is limping really bad for the last few days.  He has some sort of pills that he takes when this happens.  He took them, but they are not quite like aspirin.  They need a few days to work.

I wonder if Dogs get gout?  Then again, we dogs don't eat a lot of greens.  Although I'm sure if Tonya has some on her plate, I'm going to beg to have some.  But then would just spit it out.

There is quite a bit of rain in the future forecast.  The Big Guy is just so happy that he has only used his snow blower 3 times this season.  But if we get a mild Winter, does that mean a HOT Summer?  The Big Guy keeps saying that he hates Winter.  Then why does his live in Canada if he hates Winter so much.  Then again, he could always move to Vancouver.  They don't get much of a Winter out there.  But it does rain a lot.  Oh, and the ground shakes out there.  The Big Guy says he would much prefer the ground NOT to shake.

They are always forecasting for "the big one".  Apparently the West Coast is due for some major earth quake some day.  So far, so good, it still hasn't hit the West Coast.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog at the dog park with his friends

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30/Jan/19 is that another dog outside my house

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

There is this saying, you may not have the time to do it right, but you certainly do have the time to start over.

The Big Guy was trying to make some bread rolls this morning.  Well he started off fine, but didn't do the math correctly and he added way too much flour.  By then, it was a hot mess and he threw it all in the green bin.

He has started over.  He isn't happy about it either.

Normally I will lay "in the way" as he puts it.  NOT today.  Today, I started by laying "in the way" and soon found out, he's more than just a bit upset and he's been pushing me out of "the way".

You know, I didn't start this shit storm.  But he is certainly feeling like he's going to finish it.  So I've decided to go hang out in the living room, as far away from him as I can get.

There, are you happy now?

Well, he seems to have calmed down a bit.

Geesh it wasn't my fault that you didn't read the recipe correctly.  But he should have known when his Kitchenaid was under stress, trying to knead the bread dough.  He tried to fix it by adding more milk.  Well that wasn't working.  It was just squishing between his fingers as he was trying to knead the dough.  That made the milk fly everywhere.  Including on the floor.

But there is this wee bit of a rule in the house.  If something hits the floor, I can have it.  Well I only wanted the milk.

Yes, I decided that hanging out in the living room wasn't worth getting the milk.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog forgets his indoor voice

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29/Jan/19 can you let me outside please

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

So you can see, my food bowl is lacking water and kibbles.  They do tend to keep my kibbles replenished all the time.  That way, I can snack any time of the day.

I know that some owners, they only put kibble down once a day.  Not my humans, when ever they see my kibbles getting low, the load me up again.

So I'm never really hungry.

But you wouldn't know that when I see Tonya with food.

Oh I want that food so badly.

I will sit and stare at her.  I will lay my face on her lap.  If I think she is ignoring me, I will get up on the chair and lay my face on her chest, right close to her plate.

Then I stare as each morsel of food goes into her mouth.

The Big Guy.  I may as well forget it.  He stares right back at me.  Then he will say "No".  I know when he does this, he isn't screwing around.

If he gives me scraps, it's always a surprise and I find them in with my kibbles.  But not because I see him doing it.  It's just there when I turn the corner.

Just like when they want to take me for a walk.  You would think that I would remain calm.  But no.  I can't help myself.  I get so excited.  They find it hard to put my collar on.  There has been times when the Big Guy isn't paying attention and he has my collar in my mouth like it's a horse's bridle.  Dumb.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog and his balloon

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28/Jan/19 the bone is just too far away to reach

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.


So the Big Guy made the turkey dinner yesterday.  Guess who gave me some turkey.  Yup, Tonya did.

Then, afterwards, guess who got to lick the plate when Tonya was having the lemon cheese cake.  Yup, that would be me.

Guess what else is back.  The snow.  But I hear that it's going to be short lived.  Were going to be getting more rain today.  So the snow...  poof...  will be gone soon enough.

Which of course pleases the Big Guy to no end.

The sound on the Big Guy's computer was gone again.  So he had to recover his computer files.  This fixed the sound, but now he has to re-install everything back on to his computer.  But once the files are back, his computer will be back to it's old self once again.

He just finds it a bit annoying that he has to go though all that all the time.

But he will often go to what ever website that he wants to look at.  He also knows that he shouldn't do that as well.  But he is also smart enough to know how to fix his computer.

Right now, the Big Guy needs to upgrade the security on his computer.  He is trying to get some stuff installed and of course, he has little patience for waiting.  He even woke up early as it was bugging him that he needed to restore his computer.

It didn't bug Tonya at all.  She is sleeping.

I know that the Big Guy gets up early.  But he just seen someone walking past his house.  They must work at Tim Hortons and have an early shift.  But the nice thing about having an early shift.  Your day is done quicker.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog dreaming about flying

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27/Jan/19 they are making turkey dinner and I can't have any

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

I managed to wake Tonya up this morning.

The Big Guy was putting this new recipe on line.  It's for a Lemon Meringue Cheesecake.  Did you want the recipe?  You can click <<HERE>> to get the recipe.  I'm not going to be allowed to have any of that either.  

Everything they make, I'm not supposed to have.

That is unless the Big Guy is making me my home made dog biscuits.  Which he has NOT made in a very long time.  hint hint

The Big Guy was looking on Facebook and one of the ladies that he works with, well, someone broke into her home and stole her XBox plus a few accessories.  The Big Guy feels quite bad for her.  She must feel violated and alone, knowing that someone broke into her house and went though her stuff.  So if you hear of anyone that is selling an XBox without the hook ups, let him know so that he can tell her about it.

So later on...  after the turkey dinner is done...  I will probably get some vegetables.  Sigh...  vegetables...  what good is that?  It's NOT turkey, or dressing, or gravy...

Oh and to make matters worst...  The Big Guy will boil the turkey bones and once he is done with them, he will throw them out to the seagulls. 

GASP!

That is just so WRONG!

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog approves of Home Made Dog Biscuits

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26/Jan/19 I'm tired of barking at other dogs that walk by my house

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

I've noticed, when I am out for my walks, other dogs that are in their yard, or in their house, will bark and bark, raising the alarm that some other dog is walking past their yard.

Then my own humans will get upset with me when I raise the alarm that other dogs are walking past their house.

Isn't it our jobs to raise the alarm like that?

So as the Big Guy is looking outside, he can see that the sun is starting to rise over the horizon.  He slept in longer than normal for him.  He said that he was awake at his normal time, but then fell back asleep as he knew he didn't have to get up.

The weather forecast has changed.  For Monday, there was supposed to be 10 cm of snow.  Now, it's changed to 1 cm of snow.  Just enough to use the snow brush to get the car clean, but not enough to get out the shovel.  Well, perhaps for the steps.

There is supposed to be some sort of polar vortex that is going to be coming for a visit in February.  That means really cold temperatures.

The Big Guy couldn't care less about the cold.  It's the snow that he doesn't like.

The Big Guy was thinking...  it's been well over a year now since they have lost power.  When he first moved to Cape Breton, he thought that loosing the power was normal for around these parts.  Turns out, something that got replaced, must have fixed everything.  That is unless everything got replaced.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog is kinda big for the kiddy pool

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25/Jan/19 I will just lay next to the window, there's a cold draft

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

I've said it before and I will say it again, I don't feel the cold like humans do.  So when the humans get home and they turn the heat up in the house, I've got to try and find a place that is cooler for me.

In the summer, I don't do very well.  But thankfully, Tonya doesn't get me shaved down like she used to do to her previous dog.  He would have also had an undercoat that would have keep him protected from the summer heat.  He didn't mind the cold either.  

Yesterday, I posted a picture of it being all snowy out.  Well 24 hours certainly does make a difference.

Most of the snow is gone.

Yes, yes, the Big Guy is all smiles.

This was a picture taken of the Big Guy putting the garbage out this morning.  You can see how reflective his jacket is.  People keep thinking that he works somewhere that he doesn't.  He just loves the jacket.  He calls it is "dog walking jacket".  #1, he is seen.  He used to have a jet black jacket.  Well, people driving around, didn't see him in that jacket.  Now with the reflective jacket, he can be seen from quite some distance.  #2, it's a very warm jacket.  The wind can't blow though the outer layer of the jacket.  This would be a great jacket for Winnipeg.  

When you lived in Winnipeg, you had to do the "breath test" on a jacket before you would buy it.  You would put your hand up the sleeve and then put the sleeve up to your mouth.  Then you would blow.  If you could feel your breath as you were breathing out, then leave that jacket on the rack and move to the next jacket.  You needed to find a jacket that would put a barrier between your breath and your hand up the sleeve.

The Big Guy's reflective jacket would most certainly pass the breath test.  It is also rain proof.  He's worn this in the rain and it's like the best rain jacket he has ever owned.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog going for a walk

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24/Jan/19 full power on the laser eyes

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

Yesterday was another one of those days where the Big Guy was chasing me around, trying to get that picture of me for my Daily Blog.

He was trying to get me to look over the coffee table at him.

I guess I showed him.

So it snowed last night.  But it isn't going to last.  It's supposed to warm up and then it's going to rain.  I got to enjoy the snow a little bit.

Here is a picture from the garage, you can see that there is a little bit of build up of snow.

But there isn't enough for the Big Guy to get out the snow blower.

Although looking at the picture, you can't really tell how much snow is falling.  The streaks on the picture, that is snow that's going past the camera lens.

Oh, now the snow is starting to fall off the metal roof.  That is going to be making some "thudding" noises as the snow is hitting the ground.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog meeting his brother for the second time

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23/Jan/19 I will NOT stand still for my picture

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

This morning, the Big Guy must have taken about 10 photos of me.  Each time, I would move, or I would be too close to the camera.  Or I would look away.

He was determined to take my picture.  He finally got me laying down and took that photo for today's picture.

He should just go back to his regular camera, instead of the cell phone.  But, the cell phone does take great pictures during the day.

So, yesterday, my non-furry sister, Linda, tried taking pictures of the moon.

This morning, not to be outdone, so did the Big Guy.  He grabbed Tonya's cell phone, as it's better than his and took some pictures of the moon.

They are less than stunning.

Two of them had the flash turned on.  The first one, the flash was set to be "on".  So he turned that off.  Then it was set to "automatic".  It was dark out, so it flashed.

He was able to turn the flash "off".

So he got these shots.

Nope, the zoom isn't set.  But you can see the moon.

Shit, a cloud.

Oh, crap, another cloud.

Better.

But not great.  The clouds are making for louse pictures.  Also, taking pictures of the moon though an old living room window, well, it's not all that good.

A professional photographer, would have done MUCH better.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog and his Pita Bread

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