When Diane MacDonald got her miniature Schnauzer Max around 10 years ago she had no idea what his favorite thing to do would be.

He's a normal, people loving dog, very social, she said.

"When we have people over to the house he makes the rounds from lap to lap and If you start petting him he's your friend for life," MacDonald said.

But he has a peculiar habit. He eats Kleenex.

"He likes to go into the waste basket in the bathroom and pull out the Kleenex and pull it out," she said. "He really eats it."

He's also a very loyal friend. The family had an 18-year-old cat who passed away last year.

"We had Bernie set up in the living room, he was in his little bed by the window and Max just came over and sat with him the whole time, until he passed," MacDonald said. "Max and Bernie were great companions. Max is by breed a 'ratter,' so he likes to track things. There were times when Bernie would be sitting in the middle of the living room floor and you could see Max tracking him all around the house, walking around the cat, going all over the house and coming back and saying 'There you are!' It was like something out of a cartoon."

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