Our exciting summer venture in 1995 was to take our puppet company to the Sunshine Coast and spend July and August at the Pender Harbour cottage where Hugh’s parents had lived during their retirement. After their death, the property had
Episode Sixty: Forging on.
That year was the beginning of difficult times for me and Hugh. I was missing Luigi and worried about my father, and on top of that, we were dealing with the start of teenage rebellion and often joked that Max
Episode Fifty-nine: Fair-weather walkers
Max’s behaviour continued to be erratic, but as the weather became warmer, the increase in outdoor activities provided him with more outlets for his energy. He loved it when everyone was out in the garden, especially when the girls put
Episode Fifty-eight: Ho Hum Ham with an attitude.
With all the trials, tribulations and losses keeping our spirits low, we certainly didn’t need any more problems with Max. Therefore, when the community school announced an evening course on first aid for pets, I decided that this would be
Episode fifty-seven: Ups and Downs.
The next few weeks were taken up with preparations for our new and revised Babes in the Woods production. It was good to be busy, since I was very worried about my singing teacher, Luigi Wood. He had collapsed and
Episode Fifty-six: Invalided out again.
Throughout January and February, the weather was cold and frosty, and, as it often is at that time of year, most of the family was sick. Caroline had a particularly nasty dose of flu, and Hugh was laid up with
Episode Fifty-five: Max conquers the muzzle.
Everyone was exhausted after the New Year’s party, but Max, who’d slept upstairs throughout most of the festivities, was wide awake and raring to go for his morning walk. Mum and Dad were heading home that day, so Hugh and
Episode Fifty-four: New Year’s Resolutions
It was obvious what Max’s New Year’s resolution had to be: I must not bite! However, it was also obvious that he needed help achieving that goal. On Boxing Day, our shopping expedition was to buy a promise collar for
Episode Fifty-three: A not so merry Christmas
Once the excitement of the shows was over, Max became sulky again. There were just too many family outings that didn’t include him. The week leading up to Christmas was one event after another: two open houses, a matinee at
Episode Fifty-two: The birth of a ham – and not the Christmas-dinner variety!
Christmas was coming, and that meant show time. Finally, we were ready to debut Guard Dog in Concert, which was the very first of what was to become the Max, the Ho Hum Husky series. However, Max was not impressed