Ole Max (Inspired By Andrea)

This poem is inspired by and I guess coud be in conjunction With Andrea Dietrich's wonderful 
little poem" Dog that Wears a Cone" so her's should be read first if you have not already!


We once had a Lab, black with white socks,
he was so very loveable, but I'm afraid,
dumber than a box of rocks.

For the third time that "houdini dog" got loose,
and for the third time got a bad case of porky quills.
That dog would often slip his noose.
Took him five days to get home from them hills.

The poor dog limped home almost dead,
Vet filled him with meds,
and stuck a cone on his poor little head!
and for two days he went through all Andrea said.

Then I came home and hurried,
Cause my wife called quite worried.
Seems loveable coneheaded Max acted quite sick,
it had been two days since he got into that fix.

And for two days he had not himself relieved!
We pulled off his cone so he was able to sniff,
and he made straightway for some trees,
he sniffed around and his leg he did lift...
and goodness gracious..how he peed!!!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010



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Date: 10/5/2011 11:15:00 PM
Thank goodness he finally went, don't know how he held it so long! Hope you still have him, sound like quite a guy.
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Date: 2/1/2010 12:33:00 AM
How funny! We have two dogs here in this house, Jack the Golden Retriever is exactly that way, snuffles everything all around the block, then finally does his business. There must be a connection between the olefactory brain and the "pee brain"... !
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Date: 1/30/2010 7:30:00 PM
Robert, Since I already read Andrea's poem, I read yours and found it to be delightfully funny. You make a good writing team and it is so nice to be inspired. Aloha, Connie
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Date: 1/30/2010 5:00:00 PM
hahahahaha. So THAT's why that dog down the block was trying to poke into the garden!! He couldn't sniff. Gosh, animals sure rely a lot on their noses. My cats are always sniffing. I am happy my little poem inspired you to tell YOUR dog tail!!! I really enjoyed it, Robert. Luv, Andrea
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Date: 1/30/2010 4:07:00 PM
I can just see this one. LOL Was he watching all around whilst he did this. Keep the creative pen flowing. Sara
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Date: 1/30/2010 1:03:00 PM
Awwww you ole dog lover!!!! Great tail ! Jeralynn
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Date: 1/30/2010 12:05:00 PM
lol. Very cute and clever. Poor dog.
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Date: 1/30/2010 11:36:00 AM
What a funny poem, Robert! Enjoyed reding this one very much. Hope Max got the "relief" he needed. You had me laughing out loud! Love, carolyn
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Date: 1/30/2010 10:51:00 AM
Oh my.....this made me laugh...it is so like some of the same experiences we've had with our own pooch!! They are so "Picky" about where, and how they potty!! What a delightful tale!!
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