The bright-eyed fellow above is "Max". He is the new pet of daughter Katie and her sweetheart, Conner.
Officially Max belongs to Conner.
Yeah ... right.
Max is a rescue dog and shows every sign of being a great dog ... in a nonLabrador context. He and Bear get along great and they had lots of real quality play time over the Thanksgiving holiday.
The other introduction I need to make is "Harley".
Harley is one of those tiny goldfish that fairs give away as prizes.
Harley came to me in a weird bit of serendipity ... and you know how I love Sara.
Remember the post about Junior's ditch stuckage due to deer? I would not have Harley if not for that event.
It went like this ...
- Jr drives into ditch.
- I pull him out and he drives to school.
- But, his tire goes flat.
- In the afternoon, I take the tire off and go to Walmart.
- They fix the tire.
- That evening I head back to school to change the tire so Junior can drive home after basketball practice.
- FFA is having their annual Fall Festival that night on the other side of campus.
- I arrive at school and begin changing the tire in the dark.
- As I am crouched down working the jack, I hear angry voices.
- I listen.
- A fight is about to happen and they don't know I am there due to my position.
- I curse to myself, shouldn't even be here, off duty ....arrrghhh.
- I stand up and walk toward the fight.
- Only it's a small mob scene and it breaks out as I approach.
- I yell to them to stop.
- They don't, and it's like MMA with vicious blows being thrown.
- I pull out the cell phone and announce to everyone that I am calling 911 and will see that they are arrested.
- "Friends" start trying to separate the fighters.
- 911 answers and I tell them what's going on.
- The deputy arrives immediately as she was already at the fair.
- I give her the lowdown, she deals with the fighters.
- I go back to finish changing my tire.
- A girl named Harley and her boyfriend walk over to talk.
- Harley says she won this goldfish and doesn't know what to do with it.
- Harley the fish comes home with me.
Simple really.
15 comments:
Was the dog rescued or is he trained to rescue others?
Either way, he's a handsome devil.
That is amazing! Although not exactly simple. lol Max looks like a real cool fellow.
I love Katie and Conner's pup! A downright cutie for sure.
Harley is a handsome fellow too. Just not as cute as the puppa. :)
Glad you weren't hurt out there.
Ah yes, youth and testosterone what a great combination!
So now you need to get a black fish named Davidson! ;-)
Max is a good name for a dog (I happen to know).
We have a fish much like Harley. His name is Jeff.
Cute dog -- in an non-Lab way, of course ;)
I had a feeder fish from a fair once - it lived for years and years and years. May Harley do the same.
I love how after 25 steps you it with "simple really". I'm glad you were there to keep things from getting to ugly.
What dad, no PPDog comments/stories? lol. I was preparing for a PP-Puke Dog hashing lol. Love ya! -Katy Bug
What an interesting life you lead! Me, too. Today, I glued eyes on a gecko! Max is a cutie. Harley? Can a fish be cute?
That Max is such a pretty pup. He looks like he's going to be very fine dog. Harley is a fish with a lot of very good luck. New address: Pure Florida!
FC, that story is so fishy, I can harley believe it.
Who knew that the FFA were such a rough crowd?
max is a fine pup! well, you left a few things out of the post about the ditch.... glad everything turned out OK.
So wait. Is Max sorta kinda your grand-puppy? I have 4 grand-cats, so I know about these things. Email me if you need any advice about Christmas presents or anything.
I love the 25 steps for acquiring a random fish. Also, I would like to formally register my disapproval about the practice of offering animals as prizes. Not all those fish are lucky enough to end up at PFHQ. Hmmph.
Am I talking too much?
Thanks all for welcoming the critters and the puns!
Miz S,
I so agree on this cruel practice. Most of those fish probably did not survive the night.
You'd think FFA would know better.
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