Needing this right now. I can’t remember if I posted it before; if so then enjoy it again.
Today’s Max report: still about as ferocious as a marshmallow Peeps. When Max goes to the back yard water bowl, my neighbor’s sweet little mutt gently shoulders him aside and drinks first. The other day a nest of sparrows fledged a couple days too soon on our property, and for a day or two the little things hopped around pecking at seeds that we dropped, flying a couple of feet and sleeping in sheltered corners of the garden. At one point Max cornered one on a step of our concrete stairs. He poked the chick gently with his nose as if to check whether everything is ok (he does that with people as well) and then went on with his business.
We’re thinking about getting a dog to protect the doberman. A scottish terrier maybe. Those things are fierce.
Donna
Back a million years ago when I was 20, I had a doby like that. Just the sweetest damned baby.
Reddog
Is that a “Chuck-It” ball? I throw like a girl, until I got the stick. Now I can throw across a whole Soccer field. Dog loves it, she can play outfield now.
JPL
I love lap dogs.
Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal
hey with all the gay marriage in the air, i think the doggie blogging pictures ought to be labelled nsfw /santorum
kdaug
When our Golden barks at something (neighbor in their yard, squirrel, bird, whatever), the German Shepherd comes running for the door.
PurpleGirl
Nice picture of Max and a good story. “Marshmallow Peep”…
Yeah, you might need a dog to protect him.
I used to describe Hugo as 85 pounds of Doberman to the public, but a marshmallow to his humans. We (i.e., a human) did not own him, he owned those of us he liked. I considered myself lucky that he liked me.
freelancer
We have a Scottish Terrier named Onyx. She runs hard, naps hard and plays harder. When you’re fighting her in a tug of war for the rope toy, she likes it the most if you’re coming close to beating the crap out of her. Cyrus linked to animalsbeingdicks in a previous thread and that’s where I found this. I immediately thought of my Scottie. You better bring it if you’re gonna play with Onnie.
My dog is awesome.
John O
Your dog IS awesome, Tim, and I bet he would surprise you if things were ever really serious.
My dog kicks all sorts of ass as well.
Han's Solo
You really should get a second dog. I’ve found two dogs is easier than one. Four dogs, however, can be a handful.
PeakVT
Did anyone see where Tim F. said he was taking the afternoon off?
jeffreyw
You just need a watch cat.
General Stuck
Max is most certainly awesome in every way. And your story reminds me of an incident last winter that I think I posted on BJ, that one day leaving the apartment without Charlie on a leash to get in the truck, at the same time a huge Dobie lumbered around the corner of the building, and that was it.
All 14 pounds of Australian Terrier fury started chasing the Dobie who hitailed fast away from the fearless all bark tiny dog. So I jumped in the truck and drove around to the other side of the complex, and there they were, best buddies hanging out by the laundry building.
schrodinger's cat
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Homer kitteh has become a big handsome boy! He seems to like his doggie buddies better. How does he get along with the other cats. Do they still have hissy fights?
TaMara (BHF)
Are we ever going to get our reply button back? JeffreyW, you should probably explain to people that Buddy is not a robot dog. (ie. the collar)
cbear
You got that right. From the time I was born, my family always had a male and female and we raised a number of puppies.
Adult Scotties are totally fearless and will literally protect you to the death. They were bred to hunt badgers. Not nasty-ass honey badgers—the regular kind that will fight freaking wolves and bears.
Woe be to the dog, of any size, that a Scottie perceives as a threat to his family.
They are also wonderfully intelligent and inquistive and
are great family dogs.
I really miss my childhood best buddies.
IrishGirl
Awww, Max is a beautiful doggie. You don’t want a big ol mean thang do you!? I say he sounds perfect to me. :)
goblue72
Well, when it comes to Scottish Terriers, you are talking about a breed that was nicknamed “Diehard” and that was bred to hunt badgers. That’s right -BADGERS, which are probably second only to wolverines in being the meanest, toughest, nastiest varmints in nature, that have been known to fight off bears & wolves, as well as occassionally hunt cooperatively with coyotes and at times, EAT THEM.
Scottish Terriers then being a dog bred to kill an animal that can fight bears & eat coyotes.
Is it any wonder that the British would have dog fighting contests that involved tossing terriers into a pit filled with sewer rats and whichever terrier killed all the rats first was the winner?
stuckinred
Ever see a bascottie? A basset scottie mix. One lived up the street and it was hilarious, big ass square head and sawed off legs.
goblue72
whoops – cbear beat me to it.
Makes me think that maybe Cole could solve his Rosie problem by teaching her to hunt rats. Would wear her out by the end of the day.
The Pale Scot
Well, if we’re posting scottie photos here’s himself himself. along with some of his scotch buddies
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/
(thanx for the reason to figure out my flickr password.)
jeffreyw
@schrodinger’s cat : Buddy and Annie like homer just fine, Jack still barks and chases when Homer (or Toby or Bea) gets in his way. The feline wars have abated, there are still the occasional spats and squalls but Homer is not in Bea’s face as often. Toby is too cool to be seen to care but he gets in a thump on Homer’s head now and again.
Josie
Tim: Max is the most beautiful dog. I would like to hug him and then throw the ball as many times as he would want.
Jeffrey: Homer is indeed an alert watch cat. How is Buddy doing these days?
jeffreyw
@stuckinred: Ahem
J.W. Hamner
I would like to believe that your pictures are so much better than mine because of a better camera/optics, but sadly I know this not to be the reason. Lovely as always.
JPL
The Pale Scot… What a cute pup. I imagine he could keep Tunch in line.
jeffreyw
@Josie : He’s doing pretty well, is on long term antibiotic course for the various tick fevers, he’s positive for antibodies to Lyme’s, Rocky Mountain, and Erhlichiosis.
He gimps a bit, could be arthritis or symptoms of one of the tick borne diseases. He still loves going for runs, but I try to keep them reasonable-a mile or two.
Josie
Jeffrey: It sounds like he is doing somewhat better. I remember at one point you said he didn’t even want to go for a walk. Give him a hug for me. I hope he continues to improve.
stuckinred
jeffreyw
Hell yes!
replicnt6
@J.W. Hamner
Second that. Tim F.’s pictures are uniformly awesome. Though a beautiful model does help, I think.
jeffreyw
Yeah, that’s when we knew “something is wrong”.
Uncle Glenny
I’m looking to get a kitteh. I miss having something cling to my chest (by its claws) and purr when I kick back.
I’m so close I almost bought some marked-down fancy kitty litter an hour ago.
I’m willing to adopt a young adult but cannot take one with medical problems as I went Galt several years ago and live off social security and medicare. I’m in Bedford, NW of Boston.
ETA I’m home all the time and don’t travel.
cbear
@ stuck
No matter their size, there isn’t a terrier alive that doesn’t look in the mirror and see a 250lb bull mastiff.
Jeffro
You should get a JRT to watch over Max…I hear there’s one available that’s ballsy enough she’ll even work with a cat(!) to hide/chew her owner’s wallet.
Villago Delenda Est
I just had to see this sentence again. Bravo!
jeffreyw
Too hot to cook much. There is a peach pie in the oven, tho.
Violet
Max is just gorgeous, as is that picture. Sounds like a total sweetie, too. How old is Max?
Uncle Glenny
Beware the serene pit bull. A couple small yappy things almost lost their heads to mine. One instance I wasn’t present for was an unleashed yorkie, who who got grabbed by the neck. My pit apparently neither shook him (he was deliberately never taught tug-of-war) nor crushed him, he just didn’t want to let go. The yorkie was eventually extricated unharmed.
The other incident, the dog was leashed, but its owner let him come right up to my dog, snarling and yaping, and asked if he was friendly. He didn’t seem to believe me as I tried to back away, since the pit was at full alert (ears elevated) and tail wagging, but I could see the trace of bristling hair running down his spine.
The Pale Scot
@JPL, Well in his youth he was an aloft pain in the butt, Now at 13yrs he’s just the quiet presence that follows me around all day keeping track of whether I have shoes on or not. Those pics are only a yr old, wish I’d look that good at 12×7 years.
Southern Beale
Almost but not quite like my experience with the pit bull. The puppy is a sweetie pie, hates to wake up early, this afternoon was snoring with his tongue hanging out of his mouth, has a deal with the cats where he gives them a big face wash .. meanwhile, the viszla mix has been kicked out of doggie day care for being aggressive and this morning I had to leave the dog park after 10 minutes.
*SIGH*
Just Some Fuckhead
Yeah, that’s my dog. Shoes means fun, no shoes means mope under the pool table.
The Pale Scot
Truth
Meredith
That’s an award winning photo.
gelfling545
The sweetest dog I ever owned was a Doberman. The neighbor’s kids used to come over & ask if he could come out & play. The most aggressive dog I’ve ever owned is my present companion, Snarla, a pug.
geg6
I love Dobies. I love Max. I love Otis and Henry even though they aren’t Dobies. But they are beautiful blondes. That is all.
quannlace
Viva Max. What a sweetie.
And of course you know I would’t say that without then blathering on about my own pups.
Clemmie, a shepherd mix, managed in her lifetime, to kill most of the small animals that might show up in a suburban New Jersey backyard.
Squirrel, rabbit, mice, mole, birds and, on one memorable night, a skunk.
She tried dispatching a possum, but that playing-dead-thing really does work.
My current dog, Katie, is just like your Max. Her first year here, I remember saying to people ‘this dog has a kind heart.” and then thinking ‘is this an odd thing to say about a dog?” i don’t think so. She might have made a great therapy dog, ‘cept she can be skittish.
dopealope
Great Picture !!!
Uncle Glenny
She tried dispatching a possum, but that playing-dead-thing really does work.
Yeah. My more recent dog brought me one while I was having a nighttime cookout; it looked sufficiently ratty (not only rat-like but its fur was all gross) that I put it (carefully not touching it) into an outdoor trash can. A little while later I thought I heard a noise, opened the trash can, and found it clinging to the lip of the can, as dead as it had been before.
Arawis
Dobermans got a bad rep. The ones I have known are overgrown lapdogs and couch potatoes. I can remember my favorite red one that loved to put his head on my lap and roll his eyes up begging to be petted. They do need to be active and look forward to any workouts.
karen marie
Our James was the most brilliant and sweet dog that ever lived. His sister, Patty Patty (so nice we named her twice), was pretty swell too.
But I have to agree, Max is one fine beast.
brettvk
Makes me think that maybe Cole could solve his Rosie problem by teaching her to hunt rats. Would wear her out by the end of the day.
He’d have to buy the rats in a pet store and import them to his house. Imagine the possibilities.
Scuffletuffle
@ Uncle Glenny
I have a pregnant cat and should be supplied with kitten(s) within the month. Am in Springfield MA and could drive to meet you. Let me know if you are interested.
Yutsano
I have a recipe for a few…
Oh and MAX PUPPEH!!
John - A Motley Moose
Awesome photo. Awesome dobe. Was that taken with a PEN? I seem to remember you mentioning one.
Uncle Glenny
@ Scuffletuffle
Possibly – it sounds like kitty(s) wouldn’t be ready to leave mommy for 2 months, though. While this way I might be able to take more than one as they’ll be matched and used to each other, I may want to check out local shelters as early as next week.
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Barbara
You can get a miniature pinscher to protect him — everyone will do a double take when they see them together, because the two breeds look amazingly alike (but were bred totally separately, although both probably have “original pinscher” stock).
Seriously, as the proud new owner of a “min pin” mix I can say that they are very alert and protective (but gentle and sweet to those they love) and the two would probably make a really cute pair together.
I love the story about the chicks. I had a Samoyed like this — she would sit on the front stoop of the house and when any other dog would go after a little animal or otherwise disturb the peace, she would run interference and stop it in its tracks. I have no idea how or why a dog would do that.
cybergal619
I have a Marshmallow Peep named Max, too, although he’s a yellow pit with green eyes he passes for a boxer-lab mix who loves everybody and everything. I love seeing what’s up with the “other Max” and your pics are gorgeous.
de stijl
For the headline I would have gone with “My Dog Is An Awesome Dog”