Max is a super hero! (at least to me)

[Julie and Max]

So Max, is normally a bit of a suck. He is not aggressive in the least, and he has never been protective. He doesn't even bark when someone comes to the door, or at the mailman. Really the only time he barks is if it is taking me too long to get my shoes on to go for a walk. Now I am not complaining, he's a lover not a fighter, and I like it that way. Before last night the only time he has done any kind of protective type of bark is if the coyotes were near my back fence. He did this low woof bark, which is different from his normal high pitched puppy bark. Anyhow, last night, my husband was snoring up a storm, and I wanted to whack him across the head because I couldn't sleep, it sounded like a bear was sleeping next to me. Rather than whack him across the head, which I am sure he wouldn't enjoy, I snuck into Amanda's room. (Amanda is my oldest daughter, who hasn't actually lived at home in 2 years, but we still call it her room, and have left it basically the same.) I was so happy to have no snoring, and Max jumped up with me curling up for some real restful sleep. At about three in the morning, he stands up on the bed and looks out the window, which I had open because I like it cool at night. He starts doing that low woof bark, and I am of course getting annoyed, it's three in the morning for crying out loud, I say to him, "Max don't wake the bear!" He ignores me and continues to woof, so I sit up and look out the window. I see these four teenage boys walking on the other side of the street. Suddenly two of them run to the neighbors house three doors down, and open up their min van and get in. I knew they didn't belong there. Then the other two come to MY house, and start trying to open my husbands truck, which is unlocked of course, because well, we live in a small town and don't think about it much. Now my husbands truck is a work vehicle, it's filled with all kinds of tools, a coffee holder full of toonies and loonies and apparently last night there was a $500 camera in the truck. Without thinking I yell out my upstairs window, "HEY YOU GET OUT OF MY TRUCK!" So the kids freak out, looking around for the voice that came from the sky, and run like hell. The kids in my neighbors vehicle also run like hell. At this point I'm super excited, Max and I saved the night! I called the police to let them know what happened, and I was so proud of my puppy!

Of course this morning he kind of ruined my proud high just a little bit, because I got up and he had chewed up a flip flop. Oh well, it wasn't mine, it was my husbands.

My super hero dog!

[Julie and Max]

In case anyone is wondering, nothing was stolen from either my truck or my neighbors van either. :)

[F, Calla & Luca]

Yay Max and I hope the police caught the kids : )

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

WTG, Max! 

Wow, how scary, Julie! 

[Julie and Max]

I don't know F they never contacted me back, they said they would send a car around, but honestly, I went back to sleep lol.

I wasn't really scared Karen, they looked to be about 16 year old boys, I've taken karate for about 14 years, it's full contact not sport fighting, and I also have a big bo staff, so I guess I don't scare easy, but I will admit I feel safer now knowing Max will actually warn of danger. I was just so darned proud of him!

[Debbie and Bentley]

Good doodle!  Now you know whenever he gives his low growl, he means business. That is really a great story.  Also, it's a good thing your husband was snoring like a bear last nite :)

[Julie and Max]

Debbie, I never looked at it that way, I never thought I would think of his snoring in any kind of positive way.

Yes, now I know that low woof means something, he is such a good boy about 90% of the time. :)

[BG and Gavin]

Who need neighbourhood watch when you have doodle watch!  Nice work Max!

It is pretty common that the kids go through unlocked vehicle looking for change.  They even entered my next door neighbours unlocked garage last winter (you are right, not many people lock things up around here - except for the now retired cop and his wife).  My next door neighbour is a hunter.  Those kids must have got the shock of their life when they entered that garage as there were three deer carcasses hanging from the rafters.  Nothing was stolen :)

[Julie and Max]

Yeah I can imagine you lock things up BG, I think some of us live with blinders on thinking nothing will ever happen to us. It was silly to not lock it, last week on Sumerset which is three streets down some teens did some real damage to some vehicles. They kicked in the grill of a truck, then painted some other guys car, and broke the window of another. I am thinking it was probably the same kids. Hopefully my yelling like a wild banshee in the middle of the night scared them enough that they won't come back. :)

[Debb, Lucy & Oscar]

What a great story, Julie! I'm so glad it all turned out well (it could have had an entirely different ending). Max is my super hero too!

[Julie and Max]

Thanks Debb, I felt pretty safe yelling from my second story window lol. I guess I don't think much at all about the bad things that can happen. 

[Jen, Buddy, & Kevin]

Great job, Max! The silent ones do good work!.... Not quite the same thing, but I caught a couple of kids rummaging through a bush in my front yard and I did the voice from the sky thing too. Turns out they were looking to get baby birds out of their nest. :-( DH said is shoulda let the momma bird peck 'em. Lol.

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

Nice work Max !  I read that Standard Poodles were used in WWII on the home front to guard defense plants and military installations -- their only drawback being their fast growing coat and matting.  I hope they catch those kids.