Good morning Cape Breton.Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.
Yesterday the Big Guy didn't win the chair decorating idea. He wasn't upset, the guy that he works with, he came in first place. He made a car out of his chair. I wonder if they are going to share pictures?
Can you see the pictures of the bone that the Big Guy bought me yesterday? They brought it in off the deck so that I could chew on it. Certainly isn't any dollar store bone. But like the Big Guy was saying, this bone isn't smelly like the dollar store ones are.
I still like the wooden logs in the back yard. Those are yummy too.
Tonya and the Big Guy don't really like it when I got for a walk. At first, I am all bouncy like Tigger from Winnie The Poo. I am super excited. But because I am heavy, they are really struggling to walk me. But it's because I am so excited to go for a walk. I just bounce and bounce. The Big Guy is hoping that I calm down soon. He has seen videos on the internet, and I have seen other Bernese Mountain Dogs and they are well behaved.
Yesterday Tonya took me to the Vet. I weigh 74 pounds. Oh yea and I am 6 months old today.
I also got to see a small human. They called her a baby. She was 2 years old. I was really nice to her. She put her fingers in my mouth and touched my teeth. Then she pulled my tongue. I didn't like my tongue being pulled. She also wanted to touch my eyes. I didn't want that. So I pulled back. When she walked away, I was sniffing her. She thought it was funny and screamed with delight.
Bye bye for now.
Good morning Cape Breton.Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.
Can you see the pictures. From the angle that the picture was taken. Is that a head shot? I moved at the very last second.
You can see the chair at work. My flying legs are guarding the chair. To get a better picture, click on it so that you can zoom in.
The Big Guy was looking at the Weather Network and it would seem that the Hurricane that is coming, is going to miss us.
He doesn't seem upset by this at all. I am sure that there will be other storms. But he was saying how there are people on the lower eastern US that is evacuating. So it's a very big deal for them.
The Big Guy can hear me chewing on my plastic pig. I am pretty sure that Tonya can hear it too, even if she is upstairs trying to sleep.
I think the Big Guy is going to be moving his fire logs. I am taking one off the pile and chewing on it. Although he doesn't mind that I use a log as a chew toy, he does mind that I don't put it back when I am done.
The Big Guy and Tonya took their time to do online voting for the mayor and the aldermen. He really encourages everyone to get out and vote.
Bye bye for now..
Good morning Cape Breton.Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.
A lot of people are commenting on how big I am and I am not even 6 months old yet. I am close to 80 pounds if not more. This weekend, I will be going with the Big Guy and Tonya to get more Dog Food. I am pretty sure they plan to take me with them to show me off. I wonder if they have carts there for me to pull?
The Big Guy is using my paws at work to decorate his office chair. He is doing that for Customer Service Week. He will have to see if he can't sneak in his camera to take a photo. They are all going out to lunch today with their work. I wonder what he is going to have? Likely Fish & Chips. He likes that a lot.
I got to spend the entire day with Tonya yesterday. She says that I drive her nuts. She is my only #1 friend that I have. I really like being with her and seeing what she is doing. I would like to help her, but I am all paws. Like any 4 year old, I am trying to learn about my world. I hope she can be patient with me.
Tonya tried to make this new dish yesterday. It was Cajun Chicken with a tomatoe sauce. Of course she wouldn't let me have any.
Otherwise, it was a pretty slow day for me.
Bye bye for now.
Good morning Cape Breton.Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.
I just don't want to stand still for the Big Guy to take my photos. Perhaps later I will.
I did something really bad this morning. Tonya put me outside and I slipped my collar over my head. I did come to the door, but no collar. I think they are going to put the harness back on me.
It was kinda funny. This morning, Tonya is gently snoring and when the Big Guy quietly rolls over to get out of bed, in mid snore, Tonya is awake and talking to him. I don't know how she does that.
So we are going to be getting a lot of rain this weekend. Hurricane Matthew is coming up the coast. So far, they are saying it will not be a hurricane when it gets here, but you can bet, there will be a lot of rain and wind. I bet there is going to be a LOT of people going to the Louisbourg Lighthouse to see the waves.
So that means that Tonya and the Big Guy will not be doing their Halloween decorations this weekend. But the Big Guy still plans on taking the gazebo roof off this deck and putting my little swimming pool away.
There is some trees that he also plans to trim. That can also be done, but not during the rain. But like he says, one job at a time.
So I would think, if people are planning to travel this weekend, for them to plan ahead or maybe even cancel their plans. Better to cancel and be safe, then arrive and get stuck. That means the temperature is going to go up this weekend.
So like Frankie says, get your storm chips, get your Pepsi and Coke, get your pizza and Chinese food. Get ready for the storm.
Bye bye for now.
Good morning Cape Breton.Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.
I've been told that I have really white teeth. I wonder if it is the apples or other vegetables that I eat that keeps them so clean and white? Then again, it could also be the wood that I am clewing on. You should see the back deck rails. Lots of chew marks. I've seen humans with tooth picks. Mine are a little larger.
My non-furry memere has gone home again. She was teaching me to sit and to stay. I tried that and I was being really good too. She said that we would need to do that a lot with me. That I can be trained really easy.
Oh and I want to get up on the bed so bad. I jump up and Tonya tells me to get down. I jump again and she pulls me off the bed. This happens a lot. Then she got upset with me and pushed me outside the bedroom door and closed it. Then I had to sleep in the hallway.
The Big Guy got promoted at work. Not too sure what that means. But he seems pretty happy about it. He said that he had a lot of people congratulating him at work.
It was a pretty slow day. I spent a lot of time in my kennel. So I slept a lot.
Bye bye for now.
Good morning Cape Breton.Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.
So yesterday the Big Guy, my non-furry Memere and Fran took off without me for a drive. They went to all kinds of places. They went to Hotel North to look at Marine Atlantic, then to Sydney Mines to see where Jason was taking the drone pictures.
They drove past the Stone Church by Victoria Mines. Also pasted through New Waterford to see the windmill farm at Lingan.
They got to see Cape Breton University.
From there, they went to see where the Coast Guard College is, and then Sydport. They went to see the world's largest fiddle. But there was a cruise ship in, so they could only see it from the boardwalk.
Then they went to see the Tar Ponds. Fran really wanted to see Marion Bridge and the Mira River. Then off to Louisbourg Lighthouse. They could see the fort from there, but didn't go there.
They drove all the way to Christmas Island to mail a couple envelopes to themselves.
There was some folks that did Amazing Race Canada, well they got to see a few of the places.
I am sure that the Big Guy would have driven them around any place they wanted to go see.
I got to stay home with Tonya. She wanted to clean the house. I got to nap a lot. They had hot dogs for supper. Imagine that. Here I am a dog and they were eating hot dogs.
So I got a new trick. I am chewing on the fire logs that the Big Guy has stored up next to the deck. I wonder if he is going to move them some place else. That would be something that he would do.
Bye bye for now.
Good morning Cape Breton.
Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.
So they finally arrived and I was able to play with a new toy that my non-furry Memere brought me. It is an empty Sunlight dish detergent bottle. It's still out on the deck. I have chewed on it for hours now.
It isn't the expensive toys that get my attention, but the ones that makes a lot of noise. I really like those.
The Big Guy is supposed to take my non-furry Memere and her friend, Fran, to go see stuff around Cape Breton today. They will probably be gone for a couple of hours. But they will be back and I can play with them again.
Fran is really nice and she isn't scared of big dogs. I was really good. I didn't jump. I didn't nip. I wanted to lick Memere's hands, but she said no. She is worried that when I get older, I will drool a lot. Guess we will see if I do or not.
Have you ever noticed... a Chihuahua looks like a dog that is still far far away.
So they had orangsicle cheesecake last night for desert. Well some of the crumbs fell to the floor. Guess who got the crumbs. Tell me I will not have cheese cake...
Did you see my special edition post from yesterday. Jason had his drone flying around with my legs attached. They look GREAT.
Bye bye for now.
Good morning Cape Breton.Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.
This is a special edition! The drone has been tested and it will fly with my "legs".
Ariel shots provided by Jason Hatcher. Shots of Sydney Mines and area.
The Big Guy better get his videos together of me jumping. That shouldn't be too hard. If anything, he is trying to get me to jump less.
Click on the photos to get a larger image.
Bye bye for now!
Good morning Cape Breton.Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.
We decided to eat outside last night. They had onion rings with chicken wings while I had kibble and water. But as you can see by this feeding station, my head isn't down when I eat. I could never lay down to eat at this station. I would starve. So I have to stand to eat.
You can see Tonya is loading up my treat ball. She cross threaded it for a bit. So I had to be patient while she figured it out. Then I was able to roll it across the deck and get my treats as they fell out of the ball.
Last night, the Big Guy got after me. I wanted up on the love seat so that I could see outside. Well he wasn't impressed with what I wanted. I've seen videos that he watches and the other owners let their doggies on their furniture. So why not me?
What do you call a dog magician?
A Labracadabrador.
Ba Dum Tiss!
I know, not one of my better jokes. I'm not a Labrador Retriever.
Today my non-furry memere is coming for a visit. She will be here around supper time. I don't know how to tell time so well, so it's going to be a long wait, that's for sure.
Bye bye for now.
Good morning Cape Breton.
Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.
Do you see what Tonya puts me through. You can see that she is smiling in the picture.
The last two pictures, she was feeding me my apple. I really like apples.
So I heard that a lot of people enjoyed yesterday's post. Doggies like me feel that we have to protect the humans that we live with. They give us so much, well, we need to give something back.
It is garbage day today. But Tonya took me for a walk yesterday afternoon. She had to go to work last night for a few hours.
The Big Guy insisted that I go in my kennel when they go out for a few hours. I am still having accidents in the house.
Yesterday, I was outside for a LONG time. I came inside and had a poo inside the house. Tonya was not happy. She was really getting on and on. But I didn't have to poo when I was outside.
I will be getting a visit by my non-furry Memere tomorrow. She is also bringing a friend that lives in the same building as her. Memere said that she likes dogs, so we should get a long OK.
Bye bye for now.
Good morning Cape Breton.Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.
So yesterday we are all quiet and just watching TV, when this new noise happened. "DING DONG".
What is that? I don't know, but it made Tonya get up. So I got up.
She moved as quick as she could towards the door. I got excited as this is all new to me and ran after her.
She was upset as I was running around.
It happened again... "DING DONG" What was that? What was that? What was that?
Scrambling all fighter jets (that's me). We are at DEFCON 3
She goes towards the front door. Then she does something incredibly stupid. She pushes me away and closes the inner door. (We have a front mud room on this house with inner and outer doors)
I am panicked! I can't see what's going on.
I run to the living room and LEAP onto the love seat so that I can see outside. Damn! I can't get a clear shot.
I can hear Tonya talking with someone. I better run to the front door again. SHIT! She still has that door shut. I better bark to let her know I am there to protect her.
OMG! General, we better go to DEFCON 1
I better bark A LOT! Loud as I possibly can! That and jump on the door!
What's the Big Guy doing during this foray? Just sitting on the couch. Doesn't he realize that my non-furry mother could be in DANGER? I better run around a bit. Zoom into the kitchen. Argh... nothing can help me in here. I better run back to the living room.
I can't get traction on the hard wood floor. But I know that the Big Guy is impressed as I am going all out and know that I am going to hit the fireplace, but I expand my paws to their extreme size and turn my body. I know that I am still going backwards, but I put'er in 4 paw drive and stomp on the gas. One of my back paws hits one of my bones I've been chewing on. It goes flying towards the dinning room.
I put on the brakes and head towards the mud room door.
If only I were stronger, I would bust the door down and save her.
I better bark some more. Barks as loud as possible. Oh yes, and jump on the door. Almost forgot to jump on the door.
Wait! What just happened? I better stop barking and turn my ultra sensitive hearing towards the door. I've heard that word before. Tonya just said "Bye" to someone. Is she putting them in the kennel? I better check.
I run to the kennel. Nope, everything is safe there.
Back to the door. OMG! It's opening!
I squeeze past her and lets see what's happening in the mud room.
What the hell is going on? No one is there! Is this some kind of cruel joke?
Stand by, my ultra sensitive hearing tells me that someone is going down the stairs. I better scramble towards the window.
I run to the window and see someone walking away.
That right... you better just walk away... this house is being protected by Max.
OK, General, we can step it back down to DEFCON 5.
Shake it off. Oh so much adrenaline going through my body. Better do those little whimpers to let them know, I had their backs.
STAND BY! What's that in Tonya's hand? SWEET JESUS! It's a flyer. KILL THE PAPER!
Target acquired... prepare to engage... go to afterburner...
ABORT ABORT ABORT
The Big Guy has just intervened and is moving to intercept.
Deploy the air brakes, lower the landing gear, the stick is hard over, preparing for a 9 G turn. SHIT SHIT SHIT, we're going to impact the Big Guy.
Thank God; the Big Guy extended his hands to soften the crash.
Elapsed time, less than 3 minutes.
Bye bye for now.
Good morning Cape Breton.Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.
Not a very good picture of me today. Here I am in the back yard, in the dark.
The Big Guy was looking on the internet and he found another doggie like me. The owner was asking if all Bernese Mountain Dogs jump a lot. I know this guy was. He wasn't jumping on the door or anyone else, just jumping up and down as his owner was near the door.
Tonya says that I am hard to walk cause I am cooped up all day long, I have so much energy to burn off. So I want to run and run and run. But have you seen the Big Guy, all his running days are behind him. His knee gets sore during our walks.
The Big Guy had reached out to this group that he belongs to, to see if anyone has a cart for sale. He wonders if me pulling a cart would calm me down on my walks. So far, I sniff this, run to the end of my leash, sniff there, run to the end of my leash, sniff over that new smell over there.
The Big Guy doesn't have his normal cup of coffee today. He knows they ran out of the stuff that he makes each morning. But he does have a Kerurig machine to make a single cup of coffee. But it's flavoured coffee and he isn't too keen on that.
Watch Tonya come downstairs, move something and it's RIGHT there. Tonya says that the Big Guy has an eye that doesn't work and it's located on his nose. At least I think that's what she said, cause she said that he looks with his nose.
Someone was talking about Pavlov's Dog.
I told them, it rings a bell.
Ba Dum Tiss!
No, nothing? Oh well, not every pun can be good.
Bye bye for now
Good morning Cape Breton.Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.
So the Big Guy is always up early. I can hear him wandering around in the dark, upstairs. He gets a glass of water and takes his morning pills. He farts as he has his morning pee. I can hear the lid close as they don't want me drinking from the toilet. He is about to come downstairs. I better freak him out and gently chew on my plastic pig.
"Snort" goes the plastic pig.
He stops on the stairs. Not sure of what he heard.
He starts his decent again. I better chew again, gently...
"Snort" goes the plastic pig.
He stopped again. I can hear him breathing.
I can't help myself. I CHEW DOWN HARD! "SQUEAL, SQUEAL, SQUEAL" goes the plastic pig!
The Big Guy is a bit embarrassed that he was thinking of the Amitiville Horror movie, where there was a pig that squealed in the window.
A big part of my day is when the Big Guy and Tonya comes home. I get so excited. Yesterday I was trying to get to Tonya, but each time I tried to get to her, the Big Guy would block me. He was laughing and laughing. Well I got him back this morning.
I don't know if the Big Guy got the last laugh or not. He put me outside. Right now, it's only +8. I don't mind though. My fur coat keeps me so nice and warm.
Bye bye for now.
Good morning Cape Breton.Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.
The Big Guy just HAS to get a photo of me each and every day. He woke me up. Well his moving around woke me up, taking the photo only BLINDED me.
Floyd, Mylynne and Colby came by. They had their ribs while I had kibble. Floyd said that it was the BEST ribs he has ever had. If only he knew how much onion powder was on them and in the sauce too. Floyd wanted the Big Guy to make his Jack Daniels BBQ sauce, but he made Crown Royal BBQ sauce instead. Floyd said it was even better!
So guess what the Big Guy is having for lunch today. So if people are smelling his lunch, you know what he is having.
I love dog whistles.
But you've probably never heard them.
Ba Dum Tiss!
You humans... no sense of ha ha
My non-furry Uncle Terry come by yesterday. He took the cover off the dryer vent. They needed a cover so that the birds don't go in the dryer vent. So Tonya is needing to get a new dryer vent that prevents the starlings (birds that nest on the side of hills) from getting in the dryer vent.
The Big Guy weighs too much to go up the ladder. He is afraid that it would bend and he would fall down. Ladders can only support so much weight.
So it's getting cold out during the night. I know this is going to upset a lot of people, but I really can't wait to see snow for the first time.
Bye bye for now.
