Magnificent Max O'Millionaire

Since it is Monday, I thought it would be nice to pay tribute to our Marvelous pet, Max O'Millionaire, our #1 pup. Jon and I got Max from the local SPCA. He is a five year old, bundle of energy, who would surely be defined as Neurotic. I can guarantee that you have never met a being who is as scared of EVERYTHING as he is. You would think that because of his size, he would be a tough cookie. Not so much the case. He is very afraid of small dogs-which at nearly 80 lbs, most other dogs are small dogs. That isn't the worst of it though. His number one fear-lights. Yes, it's true. Lights. The ones on the ceiling taunt him on a daily basis, and I won't even go into the floor lamps. Jon and I can't help but wonder what kind of treatment he experienced in his five years prior to residing on Elizabeth Street. It saddens us to think that anyone could be anything but loving to this big-hearted fool.

Since we got Max in October, he has won over our hearts, and made himself right at home in the Nichols' family. He is spoiled in every sense of the word, but honestly, we wouldn't have it any other way. I don't know of many other dogs that get the privilege of sleeping in the most comfortable bed in the house-OURS. We struggle on a daily basis with how we should go about shooing him from the bed-but when push comes to shove, we have created a Monster, and we just can't bear to boot him.

Now, it is pretty rare that Max is referred to as "Max" in our house. We have taken the liberty to give him an unsightly amount of nicknames. Some of these nicknames are, (but not limited to, b/c I think we come up with new ones fairly regularly) Maxi, Maxine, Maxilla, Zilla, Zil, Zil-Zil, Monkey, The Nose (Just looking at him it is obvious why we call him this),The Beast...and the list goes on. Oddly enough, he responds to most of these names. It may be the inflection in our voices when we call him, but I prefer to think that he is just insanely intelligent. :)

If you are interested in seeing more pictures of our canine family member, check it out.