30/Sep/21 the belly does enjoy a good scratch

 

Good morning world.

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

They, who ever "they" are, say that if you pet lays on it's back and exposes it's belly, it's because it trusts you.

Look dumb dumb, I really enjoy my belly being scratched.

Do look into it too much.

The Big Guy had this little heater in his "office" that looked like it had flames and what not.  Honestly, it would have done much better being inserted into a mantle of some sort.

Now, he has moved this little wooden box heater into his office.

Yesterday, he took the time to install batteries into the remote.

Too lazy to bend over to reach the switch.

He says it's because it's got a thermometer on the remote.

Well, yes, it does have that.

But I still think it's cause he is too lazy to bend over.

The Big Guy doesn't like to be cold.  At least that is what he is saying.  From what I've seen, yea, he doesn't like to be cold.

I bet, once Tonya gets up, she is going to feel the blast of heat coming from the office and she will know what the Big Guy has been doing.

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29/Sep/21 fly me to the moon

 

Good morning world.

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

I was some happy when I seen Tonya come home from work.  

I had a couple false positives though.

I thought I heard the car and I would go to the back door.  Nope.  Just some other car.

The last time though, we were sitting in the living room and this time, I noticed the car's headlights.

THAT WAS HER!!

I ran to the back door.  I was so happy to see her.

The Big Guy made a few items yesterday.  He made this chicken pot pie.  But it is a bit dry.  I wonder if Tonya has some creme of chicken soup under the cupboard.  He can make that and put the pie into individual containers and then add the soup.  Kind make it more "juicy".

The BIg Guy used these chicken breasts to make the chicken pot pie.  For Tonya to say that it was a bit dry, means, it was really dry.

The Big Guy also took Floyd to see this eye specialist yesterday.  Baby Floyd poked him in the eye with his finger and it went under his eye lid.  His eye is really sore, but will heal in the next few days.

It's just that the eye has the most nerve endings.  So it has a lot of pain, but heals quickly.

Floyd was scared that he was going to go blind.  The Dr assured him, not going to go blind because of this poke in the eye.

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28/Sep/21 that sky raisin has to go

 

Good morning world.

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

Yesterday, the Big Guy and Floyd drove to Inverness.  Floyd needed to go to the hospital.

Tonya wanted the Big Guy to walk Floyd into the hospital and walk around with him.

The Big Guy doesn't do that.

Your an adult now.  You want to hold his hand, come along for the drive.  Otherwise, the Big Guy drives.  That's it.

Tonya wasn't too happy that the Big Guy was sitting in the parking lot and not in the waiting room.  She wanted updates on Floyd's condition.

The Big Guy seen Floyd walk out of the hospital and he sat in the front seat of the car.

The Big Guy phones home and tells Floyd, talk to your mother.  Let her know what's going on.

As it turns out, Baby Floyd stuck his finger in Floyd's eye.  

Floyd was thinking, he is going to loose his sight.

Pretty scary stuff.

But, as much as he is hurt, he isn't going to loose his sight.

Today, the Big Guy has to drive Floyd to the Regional Hospital and he will see a specialist there.

The Big Guy will not be going into the hospital.  He will drive and drop him off and then go wait for a call to come back to the front door to pick him up.  But he will NOT be going into the hospital.  Nope.

I wonder how upset Tonya is going to be?

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27/Sep/21 they have finaly all left

 

Good morning world.

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

Yesterday, I had a lot of company to deal with.

The first person to visit, was Tonya's sister.  

I tried to greet her, like I do everyone else.

But I got yelled at for trying to knock her over.

She walks with a cane and it scares me.

THUMP, walk step, walk step, THUMP, walk step, walk step, THUMP

It's so scary.

Eventually Mylynne, Aurora and Baby Floyd came by.

Baby Floyd is walking now.

I get yelled at again.  I only wanted to go in the corner and hide from them all.  But the kids kept finding me.

At one point, Baby Floyd had my tail.  Oh, you don't play with my tail.  But Tonya told Baby Floyd not to play with my tail and he found something else to play with.

After they all left, I was able to lay down in the living room and have a nap.

Tonya threw out the ham bone.  I wanted to go investigate.

SHIT

Just out of reach.

Plus, it was raining.

No bone and I'm getting wet.

Probably, afterward, the Big Guy will go pick up the bone, after it's been picked over by the other animals and put what's left, in the green bin.

Just not my day yesterday.

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26/Sep/21 I don't like broccoli either

 

Good morning world.

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

I've heard that I am going to be having some visitors today.

They are those little people.  Aurora and Baby Floyd.

They always want to pull on my fur.

Tonya was able to get this ham for her boiled dinner that she wants to make today.

The Big Guy wonders who thought of a boiled dinner.  Was it just some lazy person that didn't know how to cook?

Hey, yea, we will just put everything into the one pot and boil it.  That should taste good.

The Big Guy said it tastes good.

Of course, due to it being ham, I can't have any.

Tonya will feed me some of the veggies.  That was boiled in the same water as the ham.

She just doesn't make the connection.

For sure, I'm going to eat it.  It's different than my everyday kibble.

The Big Guy is going to have to keep an eye out for me tomorrow.  If I want outside, he will have to put me outside right away.

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25/Sep/21 give me some kisses

 

Good morning world.

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

When Tonya gets home from work, I will jump up on the chair with her.

She will complain that I am too big to be in the chair with her.  Then when she yells, GET OFF!  I know it's time to get down.

But, before she does that, it's time to get hugs and kisses from her.

The weather isn't going to co-operate for sitting out today.  It's going to rain.  Although the Big Guy was surprised when he looked out the window and seen that the road was wet.  He wasn't expecting it to rain yesterday.

The Big Guy was surprised yesterday that his trap caught two mice.

It's an electric trap, so it zaps them dead.  Since there are no mice around the house, he figures, they were trying to get inside from the cold, found the peanut butter and BOOM, dead.

We used to have rats in our yard.  Not lately though.

Tonya and the Big Guy say it's because they tore down 3 buildings in our area.  The elementary school, which they rebuilt.  The Forum and the Parrish Center.  They didn't rebuild those.

But the animals that would have lived in those buildings, had to go somewhere.

There is a fox that visits our yard.

The Big Guy is pretty certain, that is why we don't have rats.

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24/Sep/21 can you feel me watching you

 

Good morning world.

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

When the Big Guy goes for a nap, occasionally, I will watch him sleep.  

I'm pretty sure he doesn't enjoy it too much.

He will open his eyes, just a little bit.

Then I will bop him in the face with my nose.

You know, just to let him know that I'm looking at him.

Then again, he can also feel me sniffing his breath as he is sleeping.

When I was smaller, I used to jump up in bed with Tonya.  Now, she leaves the gate open at the bottom of the stairs.  I go upstairs, but then get foiled by the closed door.

I'm also too old to be jumping up on the bed.

Now, I will just lay on the bedroom floor.

Tonya says, "that's a good boy" when I do that.

I wonder if they will take down that baby gate?

Then again, when Aurora visits, they don't want her going upstairs.  So, I expect that the gate will remain in place for now.

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Your daily video - Max our Bernese Mountain Dog enjoys Tonya's Big Mac & Fries

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23/Sep/21 I've got my eyes on you

 

Good morning world.

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

I was so overjoyed when Tonya came home for work yesterday.

Although she did smell of strange dog.  I've smelled that before.  But only when she visits her sister.

Tonya was telling the Big Guy that this weekend, she wants to have a boiled dinner.

That does me no good.

I can't have the ham.  I can't have the ham bone.  Boiled dinner, is mostly, I can't have.

The Big Guy doesn't mind it.  He rather likes ham to start with.

The Big Guy's other program that he likes is back on TV.  It's Survivor.  Although this time, it's 26 days, vice 39.  Not sure why the shorter format.

But, since I really don't watch that much TV...  Don't know, don't care.

Tonya gets to sleep in today as she doesn't go to work till 1:30 this after noon.  This means that I have to rely on the Big Guy putting me out during his breaks.  But he does.  So it's not like it's all bad.

Tonya was telling the Big Guy that she rather likes being at work once again.  She can socialize with her work friends once again.

The Big Guy is pretty happy.  There is a game that he has pre-ordered for his XBox.  It's called Diablo II.  He used to play that for hours and hours on his computer.

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22/Sep/21 can you get me a treat

 

Good morning world.

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

Yesterday the Big Guy kept me inside while he was outside, mowing the lawn.  Afterwards, I was allowed to go outside and sniff the new cut grass.

I got bored with that and wanted back inside.

Then, he spent most of his day in the kitchen.

He cooked up this loaf of bread.  Oh, let me tell you, it's fantastic.

I had to bug Tonya for some of her bread.  There was butter on it.  Devine.

I went back to the kitchen a few times, but the Big Guy had put the bread in this plastic bag.  I know that Tonya will likely be taking some to work today.  So I hope I can get some from her before she goes to work.

Tonya told the Big Guy that she has a short shift today.  But she is going to go visit with her sister.

I can't understand why she wouldn't want to come home and be with me.

Talking of home.

Last night, when Tonya got home, I was so happy to see her.

She said that I'm heavy.

That's heavy with love for her.

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21/Sep/21 how much is that doggie in the window

 

Good morning world.

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

Today, it's supposed to be nice outside.

I do believe this is going to be the day that the Big Guy mows the lawn for the last time this year.

Now, I also know how he feels about snow blowing the yard too.

But it is still a bit early to flip the attachments on his garden tractor.  But that will be a job for another day.

The Big Guy made all that lasagna.  He also froze it all.

The Big Guy also made the pizza that he said he was going to make.  He also over cooked it.  The crust part was VERY crunchy.

The Big Guy also finds it very cold in the house.

But he would much rather be sweating with the heat, than freezing with the cold.

He also says that he wouldn't do very well as a homeless person.

Then again, who would really want to be homeless?  Certainly not me.

Tonya is making noises that she will be going to work again today.  I don't much care for when she does that.  I prefer her to stay home.

Well, gotta get ready for a nap.

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20/Sep/21 spot the berner if you can

 

Good morning world.

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

Apparently I'm not too good at hiding.

Today, the Big Guy is going to be making some zucchini lasagna.

If I was Garfield the cat, I would be allowed to have some lasagna.

Then again, that cat is a cartoon.

I am not sure if real cats would like lasagna or not.

Perhaps they might enjoy a little bit.  But not the entire pan, like the cartoon shows.

Then again, given the opportunity, I would likely eat the entire pan.

All those layers of wonderful cheese.

Then, with the left over cheese, the Big Guy is supposed to make pizza for supper.

I will have to wait for Tonya to get home from work today, before I can beg for some.  Or at least beg for the crust.

Oh the things I gotta do.

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Your daily video - Max our Bernese Mountain Dog having his first swim

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19/Sep/21 I will keep an eye out over my domain

 

Good morning world.

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

Although you can't tell by the picture above, it was rather dark when the picture was taken.

The Big Guy got this feature on his phone, called, night mode.  Took a pretty good picture of me.  But you gotta be still.

It's raining today.

Not that the farmers needs any more rain.

Same with the grass and trees and what not.  They are going to go dormant for the season.

I had better get used to Tonya going back to work.  Now the Big Guy, he still works from home.

Not much I can do about that.

He isn't much company when he is home alone with me.

I don't bug him and he doesn't bug me.

That is, unless I am laying in the middle of the floor.  Then he bugs me to move.

I can understand that.

Not like I enjoy laying in the corner.

I want to be where the action is.

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Your daily video - Max our Bernese Mountain Dog trying to get over the railing

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18/Sep/21 you can keep that comb away from me

 

Good morning world.

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

We went and sat outside yesterday.

Actually the Big Guy was napping when we went outside.  After his nap, he came to join us.

Tonya told him to stay outside while she cleaned inside the house.

But he had to put a jacket on.  He was cold.

Had the sun come around, he may not have been as cold.

The Big Guy also watches this program, called, Big Brother.  He also watches the Canadian version too.

Then, there is this other TV program called, Survivor.  They go live on a tropical island.  The Canadian version is called "Alone".  He watches that show too.

I wonder what the Big Guy is going to be cooking this weekend.  Last night, Tonya made ribs.  But they are pork ribs and I don't do very well with pork.

Tonya is taking this medication called, antibiotics.  They must have pork in it, cause it gives her the trots too.

This Monday, all the Canadian's are being given the opportunity to vote for a new party to lead them.  There are a lot of people that don't bother to vote.

If I could vote, I'm pretty sure I would.

I'm not sure who I would vote for.  None of them talk about doggies or doggie needs.

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Your daily video - Max our Bernese Mountain Dog outside in the snow

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