[Jhemphill]

Maxi is a talker, he is contently on alert for sounds and movement in and around our house. With 4 dogs in the house not much is missed and we go on High Alert several times a day. This weekend my son-in-law got a call on his cell phone and was coming down the stairs and must have thought he lost his signal, because he said Hello on the stairwell and it echoed, one of the dogs went running to the back door barking and Maxi went to the front door which was the correct direction since the stairs come down to the front door. Maxi, Medjai and Muggie all do the puff bark, sort of like a horse, it is done when they are not sure that they should go into High Alert, but are still warning what ever the threat is that it should stay away. It is funny to listen to them puff bark, they puff on at a time right after each other. We usually do not see anything, but they sure hear, smell or see something that they feel needs a warning.