18/Aug/21 please don't use those clippers on me again

 

Good morning world.

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

I have hair that gets mangled and matted, behind my ears.

Tonya and the Big Guy insist on cutting these matts out.

Tonya prefers scissors.  Not as scary, but she could cut my skin.

The Big Guy prefers the clippers.  Will not cut my skin, but vibrates and I can hear it.

Both are equally scary.

I get upset when they corner me.

I can happily say, the knots are gone.

BUT...

That doesn't mean the torture is over.

They have this comb.  It's called the furminator.

Marketing name for the RIP MY HAIR OUT BY THE ROOTS

I understand that I have to be groomed.

I also understand that if I get groomed more often, I might even look forward to it. 

It could be relaxing.  Like getting a scratch, or pat.

Right now, one of them distracts me and the other gets behind me and grooms me.  I can feel it, but the scratching behind the ear, is very distracting.

All that to make sure that Tonya doesn't have to sweep up as much of my dropped fur off the floors of the house.

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17/Aug/21 the heat finally broke

 

Good morning world.

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

The last week, it was very humid.  Due to the humidity in the air, it made it seem a lot hotter than it actually was.

When Tonya and the Big Guy lived in the Prairies, it was hotter there, but it was also a dry heat.  It is also a dry cold too.  So the temperature, although, hotter and colder, didn't feel that way.

Both Tonya and the Big Guy left me at the house yesterday while they went for a drive.

They come home with a new bag of kibble.  I guess they are forgiven.

We also got to sit out for a bit.

The Big Guy attacked me with the clippers.  I tried to run away.  It didn't matter.  He just lumbered after me.

Eventually I got cornered and he cut a chunk of fur from behind my ear.

Yes, it felt better, but it also made me upset.

Then, Tonya went after me with the brush.  That didn't make me too happy either.  But they got a lot of loose fur out of my coat.

Yes, yes, I'm looking more handsome than ever.  But it's the process that I don't much cater to.

They also had pizza for supper.  Tonya said she didn't want to cook in the Summer heat.

It was the Big Guy's turn to cook, but he didn't mind that she said, pizza.

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16/Aug/21 can you see me

 

Good morning world.

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

Yesterday, around 4 pm, the heat and humidity finally broke.

The Big Guy went an took a seat out in the back yard.  He actually had to put a shirt on, as he was not comfortable just sitting with his shorts on.

Last night, after watching a few movies, we all went and sat out on the front deck.

Because it's been so dry, the mosquitoes have pretty much "gone away".  There was a couple, but not enough to get the Big Guy to want to come inside the house.

The Big Guy had also made a chicken pie yesterday.  He also put the potatoe peelings in with the chicken bones.

That meant, when he put the bones and the skins in the "dumping" spot, the birds really couldn't see the bones.

Now, I know that those bones are there.

I'm just waiting for Tonya to forget herself and I will be able to get to the remaining bones.

Either that, or the fox may have come for a visit during the night and ate them all up.

Last week, Tonya put me on the back deck.  I was doing little woofs.  Tonya came outside to investigate.

There was a fox, just off the back deck, eating some chicken bones that the Big Guy had thrown off the deck.

As soon as the fox seen Tonya, he took off.

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15/Aug/21 this freezie is really good

 

Good morning world.

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

Yesterday the Big Guy went and sat on the front deck.  The sun hadn't come around to that side of the house.

He noticed, later on, when he stood up and was in the full sun, just how hot it was.

Today, the Big Guy said that he is going to make a chicken pie.

He wants to get that done before the house heat ups.

Boy oh boy, I bet he wishes that they had an air conditioner.

I know I wished they had an air conditioner.

Or a heat pump.

That would keep the house cooler.

Then the Big Guy would only go outside when he felt like it.

I don't think Tonya would like that very much.  She likes sitting outside a lot.

We are supposed to get some rain, later this afternoon.

I guess we will see what happens.

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Bye bye fur now