When Maximus came to us , he was tiny . fit in the palm of ones hand .but he never seemed fazed by it . always acted like a large dog . Growled like we should be scared . On the first day of his arrival he slipped out through the grill. So we decided that we needed a mesh over the grill to prevent this and would do this in the weekend . By Saturday evening he got struck in the grill and couldn’t get through . This should have given some idea of the things to come .. but at that point of time,we were just mesmerized by the cuteness !!
Within weeks we had a huge dog . When he jumped into my lap ,it was no longer just cute .. it was heavy.Max had a habit of stamping on your feet trying to get your attention. This was definitely getting my attention in all sorts of ways including blue toes . Reminded me of all the adolescents waxing large on burgers and pizzas ! Distracting him from food seemed to be the order of the day ..that and taking him on really long walks . Thing was he would happily tag along on a 10 km walk and then eat ! Dieting was definitely not his thing . It was our job to worry about his weight , not his .
But as far as Max was concerned , he hadn’t grown big at all . He was the same size from day one . Always a gentle giant. He is one of those blessed souls whose self image matched his actual image . May we all attain that stage in life !
Maximus & Me 