A Tale of Two "Max"s

Max Landaas is a (almost) 3 year old black lab/boxer mix. He has been coming to At Play with Sparky since his dad adopted him almost 2 years ago. Apparently Max isn't very trustworthy with furniture and the like. Always ready to play, Max's hobbies include attacking his leash, mops, brooms and that obnoxious red light. Where's that coming from?

Max Brown is a 4 month old Goldendoodle. He has more than doubled in size since he started coming to play. Everyone in the little dog yard knows that Max is where the fun is, but they may not realize is that pretty soon he will graduate to the big dog yard. His hobbies include flirting with Layla, wrestling with Huckleberry, and practicing his "sit".

S: Because the "Max"s play in different yards, they have not had cause to meet before today.

D: Today, however, the two met and commiserated.

S: The torture!

D: The indignity!

S: Baths.

D: Let's just say that neither Max seemed too thrilled about the prospect of being pulled out of their playtime to get clean.

Max L: Suzanne told me to get in the tub. Silly girl. Does she not know that I weigh more than her?

Max B: She didn't ask me. She just plopped me up in there and strapped me in. Even my cute little pathetic cry didn't work.

Max L: You should probably work on being a little bit more, well, manly, if you're going to come over to where the big dogs play.

Max B: But I'm not manly. I'm just a cute little boy.

Max L: I guess you've got some time before you have to grow up.

Max B: Did Suzanne use that loud, scary thing on you too?

Max L: **puffs up chest** I'm not scared of a blow dryer.

Max B: I thought the thing was going to blow me away!

Max L: You're not that little...

Max B: Well, thanks for hanging out with me while we were drying. It was cool to meet another Max.

Max L: Sure thing, kid. Just grow up a bit before you try to come play with the big dogs.