BATH TIME!!!

Arrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhh! Found out what 'bath' means today.
Azzy (giggling!) picked me up and plonked me in what she calls 'the bath', she turned on the shower and soaked me with water, she then covered me in something called 'shampoo'. Little Female found all this hilarious!
HEY!!!! This isn't how Mad Max the mighty macho mutt should smell!!!!! I smell like a GIRL!!!

Azzy had kept calling me 'stinky' over the past few weeks.
What's wrong with that? I love being stinky! I'm a big butch dog!

What a fantastic time I had, I kept jumping out of the bath and shaking myself so Azzy and Little Female got as wet as I was, so did the floor and walls, ha, ha! Unfortunately, Azzy was just as quick to pick me up and stick me back in the water again. What a great game.
I tried my 'poor little wet pup' look on her (you know, ears down, tail between my legs, big sad eyes, the works!) but it didn't work!

Finally after what seemed like hours and gallons of water, she said "OK, I think you are clean now" and wrapped me in a big fluffy towel and gave me a good rub over, this part of the game was also loads of fun, I kept biting and playing 'tug' with the towel while we slid round the bathroom floor in all the water.
Little Female had been with us all this time and I had hoped she would save me but she was laughing all the time and actually joined in, she helped shower me to get the shampoo off, traitor!

Once Azzy had decided I was dry enough to open the bathroom door, I ran downstairs and went mental running round the lounge, on and off the furniture, grabbing at the towel every time I ran past Little Female who was still laughing!

I asked to go out but Azzy read my mind and wouldn't let me out into the lovely muddy garden, all I wanted to do was lie in the mud and rub it all over me. So here I am, shiny coat, very clean and smelling girly! Just wait until she opens that back door! Grrrrrrrr!

Next time I hear the word 'bath' they are going to have a job to catch me first!!!!!

Love Max
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MUDDY, WET, WALK!!!

Amazing! I actually got my walk with Big Male and Little Female, I had a fantastic time, I dragged Big Male all around the town just like I do with Azzy, he keeps going on about how strong I am! He, he! That's why Azzy nicknamed me 'Mighty Max'. I have dragged her for miles and miles over the past five or six weeks.

I came home absolutely filthy as per usual, soaking wet belly (due to short legs) and covered in my favorite stuff Azzy calls mud! The best thing I enjoy is finding something really icky and stinky and rolling in it, he, he! Azzy keeps telling me she is going to give me a bath soon (when she can afford doggie shampoo coz she said human stuff is bad for my skin) don't know what a bath is but I bet it will be fun!

I have started getting really brave lately, this is MY house and I am going to guard it! When I bark, I sound as big as a Rottweiller, I have a really deep voice. The thing that gives it away, is if Azzy goes out the door without me, I howl like a baby!

Poor Azzy hasn't been anywhere without me in tow since I arrived, she said she is going to show me that if she goes out, she WILL come back, by leaving the house and standing in the garden where I can't see her for a few minutes then coming back in, she said she will do that as many times as needed, extending the time she is gone until I realise she hasn't deserted me completely and it's OK for her to go somewhere without me as she will be back and that I'm fine here on my own for a while.

I may just get a bit upset at this and destroy something in the house if she takes too long though!
Maybe a chair? maybe the sofa? It depends, there could be something else interesting that I find lying around, we'll just have to wait and see, won't we? Mwa, ha, harrrr!
Usually, it's Big Males trainers (sport/running shoes), serves him right really, Azzy is always telling him not to leave them where I can get hold of them!

Been having loads of wrestling matches with Little Female this past week as she is off school for Easter holidays so we have been playing together every day. If I growl at her, she just growls back, she knows I would never bite her, anyway, Azzy is always there watching to make sure she doesn't hurt me and I don't hurt her.
My favorite game with Little Female is 'hide and seek', she throws a ball down the lounge and into the kitchen then runs upstairs to hide, I go mad, barking and running after her, it's not too often she can make it to a hiding place before I catch her, she is always laughing too much to run fast enough!

I almost forgot, I have been taught to sit, stay, get down (that's Azzy's favorite coz as soon as she gets up to make a drink or anything, I pinch her seat!), fetch and leave, I'm a quick learner (could have a lot to do with the doggy choc buttons I get as a reward for getting it right I think).

Anyway, that's the latest news. Sloppy kisses and muddy pawprints to you all.

Love Max
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WOW! EVERYTHING IS WHITE!!!!!

What has happened??? I woke this morning at 5am to see everywhere covered in cold white stuff!

Azzy took me downstairs for my morning piddle, I didn't want to go out at first, I couldn't understand what had happened but Azzy stepped out onto the white stuff and told me it was OK to do the same, I took a few steps, it was very cold! I licked at the white stuff and got some on my nose, he, he! This was fun! We didn't stay out long though and came back in the nice warm house so Azzy could have a cup of tea.

After her tea, Azzy went upstairs and woke Little Female and told her to look out the window, Phew! What a noise she made! Woopeeee-ing and laughing! Guess this white stuff is something good.

They then got dressed and me and Little Female had a play in the back garden, Azzy took photos. Then we went in the front garden and Little Female and Azzy made an Easter Snowbunny. (GO TO AZZY'S BLOG TO SEE THE EASTER SNOWBUNNY)

What a great day it has been up to now and it is only 7.30am.

Big Male had said he would take me on a long walk today (but that was yesterday before the white stuff appeared, bet I don't get my walk now! I'll let you know).

Love Max

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SCHOOL RUN!

Wow, Azzy is feeling much better today.

What a great time I had this morning, Azzy had already said she was feeling fitter since I have come along due to all the walks but this morning was brilliant, I didn't know she could run!!

Seems Little female forgot that she had homework in her bag and forgot she needed to take a hard boiled egg to school to decorate for Easter so that made us late.

We really did do a school RUN!

It was fantastic, my tongue was hanging out and flapping about all over the place (so was Azzy's!), if I could laugh, I would have been having hysterics.
We only went to school and back though, we didn't carry on with the extra hour's walk with my mate Tess as Azzy had to get back just as fast as she had a lady coming round to value the house.

The walk usually takes about forty five minutes to and from school, this morning we made it in twenty five minutes, hope we do it again! It was great fun!
Don't think Azzy wants to do that too often though, she collapsed in a heap when we got home!
I just wanted to carry on the fun, so I raced round and round the lounge bouncing on and off all the furniture until she got the message and finally crawled to the back door and left it open so I could charge in and out and play with all my toys, she is a quick learner and I think I'm training her well so far!

After my mad fit, running in and out covered in mud, I got really tired so snuggled up on the muddy sofa and had a snooze. Azzy doesn't mind the mud on her furniture as I heard her saying that someone is giving her their leather suite soon so she is going to get rid of this one.
Ooooh, I love it here!!!!!

Love Max
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BIG MALE

Big male is supposed to take me for my walks at weekend as Azzy says so due to her taking me out twice a day during the week. Up to now he has taken me to the local shop and back!

He took me out this weekend for a longer walk while my poor Azzy was ill in bed, it was funny to hear him telling her when he got back that he couldn't believe how such a small dog was able to drag him all over the place, (Azzy already knew this!) I may be small! But I'm strong!

I have spent a lot of the weekend curled up at Azzy's feet on the bed as I knew she was poorly and needed me to look after her, I got lots of cuddles off her and now and again we would have a nap. Hope she get's better for our weekday walks to and from school and all around the town!
I keep covering her in kisses to try to make her better.

Love Max
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OOPS!!!

Oh no! Guess what I did today? Awwwwwww! What a naughty lad I was!

I piddled on the bed!!!! Azzy was busy on the computer doing what she calls something like 'sortin out her fynansizz', big male was out and little female was playing in the other bedroom when.......I got the urge!...... I couldn't help it, it all happened so fast!....... I just had to go!

I whimpered after I had done it to say sorry (that's how they found out what I had done, as Azzy jumped up and came running in the room to see what was wrong) I hung my head drooped my ears and wagged really slowly to show how sorry I was, I waited for a smack or something then ran under the computer desk to hide, but no smack came, Azzy just stood there with her hands on her hips looking cross, she said it was her own fault for being on the computer so long and not checking if I needed to go out as I am only a pup and haven't yet learned to bark to be let out.

Phew! I really thought I would be in for it this time! I stayed hidden under the computer desk while Azzy stripped the bed and stuck everything in this big white thing she calls 'the washer', after a while I crawled out and followed her downstairs, I put my head on her lap and licked her hand, she gave me a big hug, scratched behind my ears and told me it wasn't my fault but it was still a naughty thing to do.
I jumped up onto the back of the sofa licked her ear and snuggled up beside her head, guess these humans REALLY do love me to not go mad over something like THAT!

Well, that was todays naughty doings, I will keep you informed of all my other mishaps or achievements as a pup growing up.

Big Sloppy Kisses.
Max
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