crowded

1. it was really crowded today at the weir. there must have been a prom or a dance tonight. we saw a lot of people dressed up in gowns and tuxes while we were there. they also had people there to take pics of them. the weir would be a good backdrop for some pics. so me and whitty tried to stay out of there way as not to get in there pics.


2. it was nice and sunny and a lot of dogs brought their pet human with them. i got to play with a bunch of them and made some new friends. we still didn't see that many buddies of mine that we already know. we did see a couple of them while skating across the bridge to the other side of the island. this pic is of one of my new friends roscoe he's about 4 months old. i kind of scared them a little but i was gentle. it would try to approach me while my back was turned and try to hide when i turned around.

back to the weir

1. today we went back to the weir to do some skating. it was getting a little cool cause we started out just about an hour before sunset. i was hoping to meet some of my buddies while we were there but no such luck. we still enjoyed ourselves anyhow. it had been awhile since we went for a workout 'cause whitty had been doing yard work. he has been mowing and he's been tilling his garden so he can get it ready for planting.


2. the sun did poke through a few times while we worked out, but for the most part it stayed cloudy most of the time. we figured we needed to go ahead and exercise 'cause it's supposed to rain or maybe even storm the next day or two. that was why we waited so long to go today 'cause whitty wanted to get the yard mowed and the garden worked up. therefore it took me awhile to talk him into taking me to the weir. he was a little tired but i'm pretty convincing and persistent to say the least.


3. i did see one other dog there running with it's human but it was leaving and i didn't get to play. oh well better luck next time. we usually have better luck on the weekend anyway. i'll try to talk him into going back down saturday or sunday.

family comes to visit

1. well me and whitty went to the weir friday. the weather started out sunny but when whitty checked the weather he discovered that a storm was moving into the area. so we went down to go skating earlier than usual. there were a few people but not many brought their dogs with them. we had a good day, though we could tell that the weather was changing. it soon started to sprinkle and whitty wanted to make one more trip. not a real good idea. it was raining by the time we got back to the car. after we got home it rained the rest of the day.


2. saturday whitty had some of his family came over and i got to play with the kids while they were here. the kids really kept me busy playing with them. meanwhile whitty and his cousin cooked up a meal in his dutch oven. the smell was driving me crazy


3. later on whitty's uncle came over and brought his dog maggie with him. after she showed up we got to play together. then whitty gave me a rawhide chew but every time i got distracted maggie would take the chew from me and i would have to wait on her to drop it. everybody laughed at us taking it away from each other.

fun run

1. we went back to oceola island today for a run. it was a little overcast but fairly warm to start with. by the time we left the wind started to pick up a bit. me and whitty stayed warm cause we were skating and kept burning energy while we were there.
2. we saw audi-mae when we first got down there but she was going down the trail while me and whitty stayed on the concrete path. but we were able to catch up with them on the far side of the island. audi-mae got real excited when she saw me. she rared up on her hind legs and came bounding toward me up on her back legs. she was jumping like a kangaroo.
3. it took me a while to talk whitty into goin down to the river. he said was kind of tired but i had him check the weather and it looked like it would be a few days of rain. so i kept after him and finally talked him into taking me for a run. i got him wraped around my paw. HAHAHA!

bikin

1. today i saw whitty getting ready but he didn't put on his skating shoes. i was like what the ?????? then he got my leash and i thought alright! i really started getting excited, but he forgot my harness. that kind of confused me. we went out and i thought we were getting in the car. then we walked past it which confused me more. all of a sudden he got out his bike. we were going for a bike ride! yahoo!!! it's been over a year since we did that.
2. we went down the driveway and started to the weir. i tried to get in front of the bike but whitty says we were too close together. he wanted me to run beside him not in front. it had been a long time and i had a hard time getting used to that again. it took us a while to get back in rhythm with each other. i almost wrecked him a couple of times' but we finally were able to get together. we rode all the way to the weir' stopping once or twice along the way.
3. it was more crowded than we thought it would be especially since it was race day. that made it rough to pass in some places. since we were biking we rode all the way around the island. we don't get to do that on his skates. they don't go to well in gravel but he don't have that problem on his bike. i hadn't been all the way around the island in a while, it was nice go see some new scenery.
4. it's a mile and half all the way round and whitty had to stop for a bathroom break. whitty left me to watch his bike while he was in there but the bike fell over. then audi-mae came by and said hello and play with me. while we were playing audi-mae's pet humans picked up whitty's bike. he appreciated them taking care of me till he came back out. we stood there for a while audi-mae and i played together.
5. afterward me and whitty rode around the island one more time. i got to meet some more friends. there was one dalmatian that wasn't too friendly. we passed audi-mae a couple of more times but we were moving too fast to stop and play. before we left we sat at a bench to rest for a little bit before heading home. all in all i think we rode five or six miles. it seemed to wear us both out pretty good.

big dogs

1. today me and whitty went back down to the weir today. i didn't get to see any of my buddies but i got to meet some new guys. whitty on the other hand did see some of his buddies. there were a couple of big dogs out today but we played nice together. whitty didn't play much but he slowed down and chatted with some of his friends.


2. we noticed that someone had used some heavy equipment to move some small boulders around and placed them along the walkway. it looked pretty good but they tore up the ground around the area. we wondered if they were going to do more 'cause we kind of like it. the boulders look like the ones that run across the top of the dam just slightly smaller.


3. we ran across the bridge over to the other side a couple of times when we first got there. after we worked up a good thirst whitty took me down to the water. i probably drank a gallon of water strait away 'cause it was warm and sunny. i even laid down in the river, but not too long the sun was warm but the water is still cold. brrrrrr! whitty just waited till we got finished to get a drink. that was almost an 90 minutes later before we got back to the car.

overlook

1. whoa! guess what??? i got whitty to take me to the top of the dam overlooking South Holston lake. we took a run across the dam and by the visitor center then up and around the picnic area. we did that a couple of times. whitty kept stopping and talking to people, but i let him get away with it, because i was excited to go somewhere different.


2. i was a little disapointed because i wanted to meet some new friends, but no such luck at the dam. we did get a little parched and they don't have any running water this time of year. so we just stayed for about 30 or 45 minuets. that is when whitty decided we need a drink, so we left and stopped by the river.


3. when we got down to Oceola island whitty took me down to the river and let me get a drink. it tasted so good i think i drank a gallon, but then again i do that just about every time we go there. the water just taste better strait from the source. it's always cold and no weird chemicals added to it.


4. we kind of split up our run and did half our run at the river. we stayed about an hour and finished our work out. maybe we went a little further than usual with both runs together, but that's ok whitty didn't push me too hard. that's not to say we both weren't wore out by the time we were finished. we both might be sore tomorrow. that will teach him, then again maybe not.........HAHAHA!


5. i even seen something i thought i would never see. there was a cat walking on a leash with two people. that's like trying to push a string uphill. how that cat kept them two under control is astounding. haha! the cat seemed to be alright with me but the sound of whitty's skates was what startled it. it was a pretty cat almost solid black, except some white on it's chest.
6. here's a pic from the top of the dam looking into the river below. the pic at the top is of the lake. i'll have whitty post more pics of our adventures later.

great run

1. boy, it was crowded yesterday at the weir. we could hardly get by in some places. i didn't see any of my friends while we were there, but i did get to meet a lot of new guys while out runnin. it was really nice out and there was people walkin, runnin and some were bar-b-queing, and it smelled great. i got to meet some really cool friends while we were out, except for this one little dachshund. he thought he was bigger than he really was, i just looked at him like he was crazy.
2. i did have fun, but whitty wanted to stop and talk all the time. i had a hard time keeping his attention on running. then again i wanted to stop and play with the other dogs so i can't blame him too much. we're only human after all. hahaha! we did get to run for about an hour and a half though. it pretty much wore us both out but it was great just to be out on such a nice day.

nice day

1. wow, it was nice yesterday. it got almost 70 *and the sun was out all day. whitty took me down to the wier again. i got to see my friend audi may, see's a wild one i'll tell you what but i like to see her anyway. i also met some new buddies while we were there.
2. here's a pic of the bridge over the river. we run across it to the other side of the island and back. there were a few people wading in the river fishing and one or two fishing from the bridge. it looked like some people had a pretty good stringer full of trout.

steel creek park

1. well i finally talked whitty into takin me to steel creek park. they have alot more paved area to run on. the park is alot more hilly than we thought. whitty had some trouble goin uphill but he had me beat goin downhill on his skates. since the brakes are wore out on his skates i think he used me for the brakes. thank goodness they wern't big hills.
2. we also picked up bobby and tracy to go with us. they couldn't keep up with me runnin so i would run ahead then come back. they have little short legs it takes 3 or 4 steps for them just 1 or 2 for me. bobby and tracy brought one of their pet humans with them which happens to be whitty's uncle. there was alot of other dogs out walkin their human so i got to meet quite a few other dogs today. we also got to see some ducks and canadian geese. bobby tried to chace the geese even though they are 3 or 4 times bigger than him. the geese just got out in the water and bobby couldn't get them. i don't think he would know what to do with it even if he did catch one. HAHAHA!!
3. next time we go i might try to talk whitty into takin the greenway belt. it runs from steel creek to the volunteer parkway over to beaver creek. there is more flat ground on that side of the trail. steel creek does have some flat trails but it's a gravel path that winds around the lake. if you follow it all the way around it connects to rooster front park. there are several hikin trails that run between the two parks.

goin for a run

1. well it finally warmed up yesterday and whitty took me for a run at oceola island again. i tried to get him to go to steel creek park but he took me to the river instead. i still had fun gettin out and i got to meet some new friends. there were just a few dogs out walkin their pet human. i wish he would go all the way around the island but he just wants to go on the concrete path when he's using his skates. whitty says that the gravel is too hard to skate in so i'll have to wait till he gets out his bike or goes for a hike.
2. i'm tryin to talk him into goin out again today. today looks better than yesterday, the sun is out and warming up nicely. the dog whisperer just came on me and whitty really like to watch the show. i like to kind of nudge up beside whitty while the show is on. well got to go will post more later.

skatin

-----me and whitty got to go to oceola island today. i've posted a picture of me and whitty on his skates. it was a little cool but we had a lot of fun and i met up with a friend named audi-mae.

she always gets excited to see me and i get a kick out of it too. we met several other dogs out walkin their pet human. some were walkin more than one human at a time. i've got to give them credit i have enough trouble walkin one at a time but he is gettin better at it. i wanted to go on some trails but whitty don't like skatin on gravel, i guess i'll have to get him to bring his bike down. he does better hikin and bikin on gravel than when he's on his skates.

-----it was nice and sunny when we got there but just before we left it started to cloud up. the temps. were in the 50's today so it felt good out runnin. whitty started out wearin a jacket but before we left he had to unbutton it so he didn't overheat. i waded in the river and probably drank a gallon of water. whitty just used rocks as steppin stones tryin to not get his feet wet. the water was pretty cold it comes from the bottom of the lake even in the middle of summer its only about 45 or 50 degrees.

buddies

we went to visit with some friends bobby & tracy. we had fun playin out in the yard today. they showed me how to use their doggie door. tracy was a little nervous when i first got there. my size might have scared her but bobby was ok we've played together before. by the time we left she was startin to warm up to me. it helped when she got up on the couch and she could see me eye to eye.
we got to play together for about an hour and half. we ran through the yard and barked at other dogs. it was a nice day to be outside but once they showed me the doggie door we stayed inside.
while we were there whitty and his uncle were planning a hike on the Appalachian Trail. they want to go from us421 to damascus. i hope they can keep up. whitty wants to go on some short hikes to limber up before we go on that one.

Welcome to my world.

1. Hi, my name is Maxx. i was born around october 2 years ago. i live in Bristol ,TN (about 10 miles from Bristol Motor Speedway). i came to live with my new family when i was about 9 months old. i love to go on hikes, runnin with a bike, and last year i learned runnin with roller skates. i also have a pet human named Whittyman.
2. He loves to take me places, like when we go hiking he usually takes me to Steel Creek Park which also connects to Rooster Front. there is several miles of trails to hike, there is a nice lake with a waterfall at one end. when we go roller skatin or bikin he likes to take me to the South Holston Dam. there is an island in the river below the dam named Oceola Island that has a bridge over the river and a concrete path to the far side island. sometimes we see deer while we're out skatin. since it's a park the deer ain't scared and we can get pretty close.
3. When we're not out havin fun i have a big yard to play in, lots of toys and get spoiled by pet human Whittyman (but don't tell him that) HA!HA!HA!HA! he's even got a bucket chock full of treats for me. stay tuned for new post of our adventures. the stories will be told as i see them , but whittyman will write and post as my translater.