Ode' to Max

This is my very good friend Maxwell Smart.  But we just call him Max.  What I love about Max is that every time he sees me, he quickly runs up to me, with his tail just a wagging, and without missing a beat, he sends a good squirt of pee sailing through the air!  Which of course means that he is so excited to see me that he can barely control his bladder!  Nobody else, not even my sweet wife Janette, is ever that excited to see me!  Of course, that would be kind of gross....

Now the second thing upon seeing me that Max requests is that I get him a "TREAT!"  He will talk to me and tell me he wants a treat, he will jump at my legs and face to tell me he wants a treat, and he will run around until I get him his treat!  And what treat is this that drives my good friend Max to go crazy?  Why a delicious Pup-O-Roni stick of course!  Mmm, Mmm.  And Max can do many tricks to get that treat!  He can roll over, play dead (bang!), dance and dance, play patty cake, high five, shake hands and a couple others I am sure to forget.  He is very talented I must say.

Max also loves to go for a ride in the car!  And you have to look at him and say the following: "You...You Want.....You Want.........You Want To Go For...................You Want To Go For A Ride In The Car!!!???"   To which he begins to freak out and run around and bark at you saying, "Yes!  Yes!  I Love to Go for Rides in Cars!  I love to smell those PepperDukes!"  He loves to stick his little head out the window and smell and watch for the other PepperDukes, which is Christensen-ism and dog talk for "other dogs."  "Look Max, there's a Pepper Duke!"  Where?  Where?

Other things that Max likes besides eating treats and going for a ride in the car include some of the following; sleeping by Carolyn, getting his belly scratched, sniffing around the yard, playing with "special friend" (his little stuffed dog that he carries around in his mouth), going to Lake Powell, laying with Todd and watching golf, and of course taking baths (NOT), Jack Stringham (NOT), Fireworks (NOT) and beautiful baby Hannah who is now beginning to crawl and chase Max around!

So this is my Ode' to my good friend Max.  I love Max, and he loves Me!  We are bestest buddies, and outside of his obsessive addiction to his Mother, Carolyn (Where is she?...I must be with her at all times!), Max likes hanging out with his buddy, Todd.  He is my very good boy!  "Hey Max, you want....you want to.... you want to go for a ride!?"