31/Jul/21 I will stare at you while you consume your food

 

Good morning world.

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

This technique normally works against Tonya.

I don't bother adopting this posture with the Big Guy.

I could be starving.

He points towards my kibble.  Go eat if your hungry.

Or he does something worst.

He just shows me an empty plate.

He holds up his empty hands like he is a blackjack dealer.

Nothing there.

Not even a crumb.

Last night, Tonya made home made pizza.

He he, I started staring at her.

Of course she gave in.

So, it's pizza, I figured I'd give it a go on the Big Guy.

Drooled.

Stared.

Got in real close so my drool fell on his knee.

I got to sniff an empty plate and see empty hands.

I went an laid down in disgust.

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30/Jul/21 belly scratches are the best

 

Good morning world.

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

We are supposed to get more rain today.

This Summer, has been, what people would call...  Crap.

It hasn't been hot in Cape Breton for more than a few days at a time.

Now, the Winter wasn't so cold either.

I guess it does balance it self out.

Now, the people "out West".  That would be anyone West of New Brunswick.  Actually no, I think I'm going to include New Brunswick.  They have been getting a hot Summer.

Just Cape Breton seems to be having a shitty Summer.

Both times that the Big Guy took days off, the weather was raining and it was too cold out, to sit out.  Not good weather for BBQ at all.

I haven't had my quota of Hot Dogs this Summer.

That's a BAD thing.

This is more than a First World Problem.

Yup, not enough Hot Dogs.

My issues, they are real.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog enjoying his piggy

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29/Jul/21 we are going to need a bigger boat

 

Good morning world.

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

The Big Guy loves gummy bears.

He also likes "sharks".  Which is a type of gummy bear.

I like gummy bears too.

By extension, that means I like sharks too.

With everything they can do, to make medicine more palatable.  Why can't they make medicine taste like gummy bears?

First off, you wouldn't need to hide the medication in cheese.

We would really want to eat it.

Problems solved.

I'm sure cats wouldn't like gummy bears.

Hmmm...  not sure what to do about that...

Oh well, they are cats.  Not my problem.

Crush up the pill, put it in their soft canned food.

Don't want to eat it cause you can smell the pill?

Guess your gonna starve.

More cat food for me I guess.  Medication or not.

Ask Bonnie and Leo what happened to the cat food they had put out when I went to visit.  Cat food gone.  Bowl licked clean.

I'm a problem solver.

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28/Jul/21 hanging 10

 

Good morning world.

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

Do you know what tennis elbow is?

I would think it would be someone that plays tennis.

The Big Guy has it right now.  But I haven't ever seen him play tennis.

Tonya thinks it may be gout.

Since the Big Guy isn't sure, he has taken his gout pill to see if it helps with the pain.

I'm just glad that I don't have anything like that.

I just get upset stomach if I eat the wrong food.

Then I get what Tonya calls, the "Loosie Goosie".

Tonya got me this new brush.  It's called the Furminator.

I don't care what they call it.  It's a comb.

I don't like it.

I'm supposed to get used to it, if it's used on me each day.

Yea, that ain't going to happen.

Furminate yourself.

Not me.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog barks at other dogs

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27/Jul/21 I didn't get any human food today

 

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

My friends that lives down the road from us, Leo and Bonnie, they have a cat.

Their have named their cat, Lucky.

Lucky is about to go over the rainbow bridge today.

I can smell Lucky off of Leo and Bonnie when they come for a visit.

I have only gone to Leo and Bonnie's house, once and I was able to smell Lucky.  Then he hissed at me.  So I went and found his food and ate it all up.  Not much food there to eat.  Cats are small considering my size.

Last night, Tonya wanted some comfort food.  She made balogna and knuckles.  At least that is what she calls it.  

It consists of cut up balogna.  There noodles that she gets.  They are somewhat bigger than macaroni noodles.  There is diced stewed tomoatoes.  This time, for a difference, she added cheese.

The Big Guy said that she was allowed to make that again.

That is their code for, hey, this is really good, and I really enjoyed this.

If it would have been something he didn't enjoy, he would have said, you don't have to make this again for me.

Which means, it was terrible and I hope to never have that again in my life.

No one's feelings gets hurt.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog and Martini

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26/Jul/21 all my guests have gone home

 

Good morning world.

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

Incase you were wondering, I'm chewing on a bone on the deck.

Everyone has gone home again.

It's just down to Tonya and the Big Guy.

No more of that singing, or what ever it was they think they were doing.

We are supposed to get more rain again.

This was the second time that the Big Guy put in for some vacation and this is the second time that the weather was less than stellar.

Tonya says that he has to put in for more holidays next month for his grand daughter's birthday.

He is wondering, if he does, will the weather be nasty?

Then again, 3rd time is a charm.

The Olympic Games are on.  This does interest the Big Guy.

Tonya is upset because the Big Guy always as the Olympics on TV.

Now, he isn't much of a sports fan.  But this stuff only comes on every 2 years.  Summer Olympics and then the Winter Olympics.  It's on for 2 weeks.

Now, the net results, is that Coronation Street is off the air for two weeks.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog playing with his toys

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25/Jul/21 can we be friends

 

Good morning world.

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

The guy in the picture that I'm with, his name is Craig.

This is Tonya's younger brother.

Now, he is scared of me.

It's only because I'm so big.

He will pat me and what not, but he is not too comfortable with me looking at him.

Craig also gives me a lot of treats.

When I say a lot, I mean A LOT!

He gives them to me to show that he wants to be my friend.

Now, does he hold them out for me to take from his hand?

Oh, no, that isn't how he does it.

He takes one from my treat jar and throws it on the kitchen floor, some where farter away from him.  His strategy, is that when I'm paying attention to the treat on the floor, he makes his escape to another room.

Well, today, I was having none of that.

I got up and hugged him.

He hugged me back.

We are friends now.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog is sleeping

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24/Jul/21 she could scratch me forever

 

Good morning world.

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

We have two house guests for the moment.

My Memere and Kim.

Now, my Memere is somewhat scared of me.  I will approach her, but she is very scared of me.  She tries to be brave.  I try not to scare her.

She really doesn't like it when I drool anywhere near her.

Then, there is Kim.

She doesn't mind when I accidently drool on her.

She said that my breath is so fresh.  That's got to do with the good kibble I eat.

Although, yesterday, they had fish and chips for Winnie's Wagon.  I got some of Tonya's fish and her fries.  I also got some from Memere.

They had an extra fish and some fries.  They were put in the fridge.  The Big Guy says he can use his Air Frier to bring them back to life.

We will see about that.

It will either be really good, or a total fail.

Today, the Big Guy is cooking a beef brisket.  He has never cooked a bad one yet.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog in the Wing Chair

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23/Jul/21 I'm like Schrodinger's cat

 

Good morning world.

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

The title is a bit weird.

First off, you would have to know the experiment.  You can look that up if you want.

But I am both on and off the love seat, at the same time.

Did you see some of the other Facebook stuff that they posted last night?

Did you see the Big Guy singing?  

Oh, you didn't?

Go find those videos and you need to load the first video, then advance it to the 6 minute mark.

My Memere said that he sings just like my Pepere did.

Of course, he doesn't think so.  He was just enjoying the show.

Tonya got the old grill out last night and made me some Hot Dogs.  It was some good too.

They didn't use the regular Hot Dog maker that they have out on the grill.  AKA, the BBQ.

She had to cut them up and then put them in the fridge to cool off.

Although I'm pretty sure, I would have eaten them warm.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog loves to be loved

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22/Jul/21 scratch a little more to the left

 

Good morning world.

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

We got our visitors.  It's my Memere and Kim.  They are going to be staying for a few days.  Then they will be going home again.

I haven't seen either one of them for years now.

But that is due to Covid.

Soon enough, we will be in the "open" phase.  Right now, we are in Phase 4.  This means that we can have travelers come and go.  All the stores and restaurants are open once again.

It's been weird times, that is for sure.

Everyone is sleeping.

I will try not to get too excited when they start coming downstairs.

I'm pretty sure the Big Guy will be downstairs first.

My Memere loves me, but she says that I am really big.  Because I'm a dog, I scare her.

She knows that I will not hurt her.  But she is still scared.  She got bitten as a child.  So there is always that doubt in the back of her mind.

I think the Big Guy is going to be on "Breakfast Duty" today.

But he will make enough, that it can go in the fridge and they can pick at the stuff to make what ever breakfast they want.

I will have to see how much I can bum off them.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog laying quietly

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21/Jul 21 the rain broke the heat

 

Good morning world.

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

After the Big Guy is done work, Tonya wants to go sit outside.

Yesterday, they did just that.

But then it started to rain.

Not a downpour or anything like that.

Prior to the rain, it was muggy and the humidity was rather high.

After the rain, the Big Guy had to wear a jacket to be able to sit outside.

I do believe that I'm going to have a visitor today and for the next few days.

I need to wait and see who the visitor is.

The Big Guy is going to have to go around the back deck and cut down the plants and shrubs that are growing up around the deck.

I have a tendency of reaching through the rails and eating what ever is growing there.

Tonya has these plants called a "Bleeding Heart".  They are rather yummy, but I guess they can harm me.

I guess these "Bleeding Heart" plant are poison to humans too.

But they don't seem to want to chew on them.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog enjoys the love seat with Uncle Terry

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20/Jul/21 the squeaky toy is on TV

 

Good morning world.

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

Last night, the Big Guy is watching this TV show.

Well, at one point, the person on TV, squeaks this toy.

Now, I know squeakers.

This one had my attention.

I got up and walked over to the TV to see if they would show me the toy.

Hmmm...  

You would know, they never did show the toy again.

But the squeaker.  

It did sound like the Squeaker Pillow Single-Voice - Medium, from penguinmagic.com

Look it up if you don't believe me.

Like I said, I know my squeakers.

Each time, Tonya buys me a toy, I test it to see if there is a squeaker inside it.

It's my thing...

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog gives a BIG paw

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