28/Feb/21 only 3 more weeks of Winter

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

As I am laying here, I can hear the sound of the snow plow going around the city.  Every so often, it will back up and give the beep beep beep noise.

I can also hear someone out side with their snow blower.

Of course, the Big Guy isn't too happy about the snow.  He knows that he has to go outside and take care of the snow that fell.

Tonya puts me outside, only on the deck, when the Big Guy is out side with his snow blower.

He goes around the around and pushes back the snow that is on the ground.

After he is all done, Tonya will put me outside on my lead.

Then I have to go around and pee on everything, all over again.

I've got to mark my territory.

I will have to drink a lot of water today, so that I've got lots of pee to mark the yard once again.

Work, work, work...

I'm sure the Big Guy would help me mark my territory, but it wouldn't be the same.

Your Blast From the Past

Your Daily Video - 

Max our Bernese Mountain Dog extracting old roots

Bye bye fur now

27/Feb/21 I'm hanging out at work

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Right now, the Big Guy goes upstairs to go to work.

Not every day, but I will follow him and see what he is up to.

I'm told that I have to be quiet when I'm in the room with him.  I'm not allowed to bark.

Then again, from where he sits, I can't see any dogs walking past our house.  So of course I'm quiet.

I prefer being downstairs where I can look out the front windows and see if there is a dog being walked past our house.

It's when I hear the door bell.

OMG!

Then it is time to loose my mind.

There was one day, the Big Guy came up to the front door and I could see him.  He rang the door bell.  Because I could see the Big Guy at the front door, I figured that there was some one at the back door.

I ran to the back door, barking my head off.

Hmmm...  no one there.

I ran back to the front door.  But it's only the Big Guy looking at me through the front door.

Door bell goes DING DONG!

I ran to the back door, barking my head off once again.

WTF!  There is no one there.

I run to the front door again.  Damn it, it's only the Big Guy at the front door.

DING DONG!

I'm running to the back door, sounding the alarm.  Tonya walks to the front door and sees the Big Guy is just pitching a fit laughing.

I didn't get the joke.

Your Blast From the Past

Your Daily Video - 

Max our Bernese Mountain Dog destroys dollar store toy

Bye bye fur now

26/Feb/21 I'm trying to hide behind this coffee table leg

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

It is Blue Bag day today.  That only happens twice a week.

I understand that a lot of stuff that gets put into the blue bag, gets rejected at the recycle plant.

Where I live, they open up the dump to the public on the 1st Saturday of the month.  Most people call it "dump day".  But this is where you can drive up with more than just your normal garbage.  

They also have Big Garbage Collection week.  So, in the Spring, when everyone tends to go through their homes and sees that they got to throw out some stuff that is no longer being used, but isn't good enough to put in a yard sale, well, that goes out for big garbage collection.

Normally, people will drive around and see what people have thrown out.  Some is absolute trash.  Some is really quite good.

More than once, Tonya and the Big Guy have put stuff to the curb, only to see someone pull up and take their stuff away.

Most people don't mind that one bit.

It is when people will put stuff out and people will come to look at it and trash it even more.  That tends to annoy people.  

Well, I heard that someone's rabbits are shedding their fur.  So that means that Spring is arriving soon.

Myself, I'm not a good indicator of Spring coming as I shed my fur, all year round.

Your Blast From the Past

Your Daily Video - 

Max our Bernese Mountain Dog laying quietly

Bye bye fur now

25/Feb/21 why are there puppies on TV

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

It is raining out this morning.

You know who is happy about that.

I don't even have to mention his name.  Or the fact that I call him Big.

There was one year, about 4 or 5 years ago, when the Big Guy only needed to take out his snow blower twice that year.

He is hoping to meet that record.  So far, it's only been twice that he has brought out his snow blower.

Next week, it is March.  But there has been some record breaking snow that we got in April.  He isn't out of the woods just yet.

The thing with any snow that falls now, it is going to melt a lot faster than if it was January.

That's just science for you.  The days are getting longer.  And will continue to do so until the 1st day of Summer.

Summer...

When the air is hot.

Yea, the Big Guy sure does love Summer.

Guess we will never agree on that.

Your Blast From the Past

Your Daily Video - 

Max our Bernese Mountain Dog and his piggy 🐷

Bye bye fur now

24/Feb/21 do I snore too loud for you

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A lot of kids today, wouldn't know how to swing on a swing.

The Big Guy remembers what it was like, being little.  They had a huge swing set in their backyard.

He would sit on the swing, but didn't know how to "start" the swing.

His friends would take turns, pulling the swing back and then would push as hard as they could, by doing an "underdog" under the swing.  This meant, on the downward swing, the person doing the pushing, would run and push the swing as high as they could, by running under the person that was on the swing and would continue pushing until they were "out" the other side.

Then, that pusher, would have to run back and continue pushing the person on the swing.

But it came that fateful day, there was only the Little Guy and one of his friends.  Neither of them wanted to push.

They would pump their little legs, back and forth.  But the swing action didn't result in anything.  They were really uncoordinated.  One of their other friends came along and she hoped on the swing and started swinging on her own.

The Little Guy thought she was a witch.  How could you swing on your own.  This was the devil's work to be sure.  Only older kids could swing on their own.  This little girl was a full year younger than the Little Guy.

The Little Girl told the Little Guy and his friend what to do.  

Wouldn't you know it.  It worked.

Soon enough, the Little Guy didn't need anyone to push him on the swing.  He could swing on his own.

But then, being a little boy, he soon learnt how to jump off the swing while at apogee.

This created the "who can jump the farthest" contest.

Also, while jumping, it was a requirement to yell "Geronimo", as this would help you jump farther.

Little boys can be dumb.

Your Blast From the Past

Your Daily Video - 

Max our Bernese Mountain Dog isn't too sure about the baby

Bye bye fur now

23/Feb/21 my ear isn't big enough to act as a sun visor

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

When I lay on the floor, I will close my eyes.  But then, there are some days, I will lay in the sun.

Oh to feel the warm sun, heating up my fur on my body.

But even though it feels so nice, there is still the fact, the sun is shining in my eyes.

Sigh...  nothing in life is free.

Just like eating pork.  BTW, bacon is pork.  With my bowels, pork = the trots.

My pooping area is melting.  So it's no longer just a sheet of ice.

With todays rain that is in the forecast, it should be a lot better.  It's not like I can't move around on the ice.  I certainly can.  My 4x4 paw drive with the claws for traction control makes it easy.  Plus there is the fact that my paws are the size of snow shoes.

Having said that.  

Rain on top of ice.

It is going to be a slip and slide in my pooping area.

Oh woe is me.

I guess the Big Guy isn't so wrong about the snow after all.

Your Blast From the Past

Your Daily Video - 

Max our Bernese Mountain Dog going for a walk

Bye bye fur now

22/Feb/21 waiting for food to fall to the floor

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Yesterday, Aurora came for a visit.

She is a messy eater.

I stayed close to her highchair so that I would be able to get the stuff that was raining down.

Later on, she found her container of puffs.  Again, she is a messy eater.  I stayed close to her.

She also had one of her baby teething biscuits.  Vanilla flavoured.  Eventually she put it down.  I was able to vacuum it up before she went back looking for it.

I didn't notice, but I was over with Tonya, as I was getting tired of following Aurora around.

When I'm happy, I swish my tail.

I didn't notice, but I was clunking Aurora in the head with my tail.  This was throwing off her balance.  But more than that, my tail is also very fluffy.  Aurora was getting all that fur into her face.  Not exactly good times for her.

Baby Floyd, he slept for most of the visit.

When he woke up, the Big Guy held him for a bit.  Which was more than what Tonya got to do.  She was in charge of following Aurora around, making sure she didn't get into stuff.  Which is a full time job.

Your Blast From the Past

Your Daily Video - 

Max our Bernese Mountain Dog running around our back deck

Bye bye fur now

21/Feb/21 I am equipped with 4x4 paw drive

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Look at the coffee table leg.  You can see it, just next to my front paw.

Look at my paws.

If the coffee table were out in the ice and snow, it would be screwed.

That freezing rain we got the other week.  It's still lingering.

My outside pooping area is covered in ice.

The other day, Tonya was screaming with laughter.

I hunkered down for a squat.  You know, to have a peaceful poo.

The wind came up and pushed me across the ice.

This action really disturbed my pooping.  I had to re-position and hunker down again.

When I was done, I needed to engage my 4x4 paw drive, with traction control (my nails) to dig in so that I could get off the ice and back up the stairs and back in the house.

Since that eventful day, The Big Guy has gone to the garage and purchased some road salt.

My pooping area is still pretty icy, but at least the stairs are devoid of ice.

Your Blast From the Past

Your Daily Video - 

Max our Bernese Mountain Dog loves to be loved

Bye bye fur now

20/Feb/21 lets play with my toy piggie

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

I've got about 10 or so toys scattered around the house and outside on the deck.

Every so often, I will bring them to the Big Guy so that we can play tug.  

He is pretty good about playing.

Then I get bored and go lay down.

So, we are due to get the Big Guy's favorite weather.  Snow.

But not as much as was forecasted.

Today, Tonya told the Big Guy, he was going to make a Chicken Stew.

You know what he is going to add to it...  don't you...  

Yup...

Onions.

Frigging onions.

Onions are not good for me.

Why can't he just make a sperate bowl for me, without onions?  Is that so hard?

Geesh, I would throw away all the onions out there if I could.

Then again, he would likely find some way to include chocolate in that stew.  Lordy, something else I can't have.

Your Blast From the Past

Your Daily Video - 

Max our Bernese Mountain Dog and it's warm in the kitchen

Bye bye fur now

19/Feb/21 give us a scratch, oh yea, right there

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Right now, I can't stand being downstairs.  

There is a reason for this.

A few years ago, the Big Guy won a Baby Monitor from work.

He uses it too.

Not to monitor any baby.

Oh, nothing so awe inspiring.

This house is heated by furnace oil.  The tank is in the basement.  In a back room.  In the dark.

The Baby Monitor uses infrared light to see in the dark.

Can you see where this is going?

He got the camera on top of the oil tank, pointed at the fuel gauge.

This way, he doesn't have to go to the basement to check the fuel level in the tank.

BUT.

Right now, it's cold outside.

That friggin baby monitor has a Max and Min temp warning.  As if there is a baby in the basement, on top of the fuel tank.

So, why don't I like being downstairs?  

CAUSE THE TEMPERATURE ALARM IS GOING OFF!  Modern technology and he can't turn it off.

Your Blast From the Past

Your Daily Video - 

Max our Bernese Mountain Dog trying out the big chair

Bye bye fur now

18/Feb/21 when are you going to put kibble in my bowl

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Yesterday, Tonya made some chicken drumsticks for supper.

When both herself and the Big Guy were done supper, she opened the back door and threw the chicken bones outside.

So, I wanted to go outside.

She threw them far away from where my lead will reach.

But I had to go outside about six times to make sure that I couldn't reach the bones.

Tonya said that was ENOUGH of me going outside.

When she was sitting down, I bugged and bugged and bugged to go outside again.

I just needed to research to see if the bones might still be out of reach.

She put me on the back deck.

Well HELLO!  Of course I can't reach the bones from the deck.

I paced the deck several times, just to make sure.

Those stupid sea gulls will probably get those bones today.

Crap, what a waste of energy.

Your Blast From the Past

Your Daily Video - 

Max our Bernese Mountain Dog turns into a Minion

Bye bye fur now

27/Feb/21 what do you want me to do with this water on my fur

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

That rain was really weird yesterday.

If it fell on the car, it froze right away.

If the rain fell on me, it was just wet.

When I came in from outside, Tonya tried to get me to walk past the Big Guy and then to stop and shake.

I waited till I was near her chair and then I shook the water off my fur.

There was excitement in her voice.  Not happy either.  Then she had to sit in a sort of wet chair.

But the Big Guy was pretty happy that we didn't get as much freezing rain as they were talking about.  He was sort of concerned about the power.  But the power remained steady all night.

The Big Guy had a hamburger last night for supper.

Which is weird.  

The reason I say that, it was supposed to be pancake Tuesday yesterday.  Who knows, perhaps Tonya will make them pancakes today.

I love pancakes.  I can have them.  They don't have anything bad in them.

Your Blast From the Past

Your Daily Video - 

Max our Bernese Mountain Dog at the spa

Bye bye fur now